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Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do.
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Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.
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The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
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It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
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To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
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Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
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To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
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Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.
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The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
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