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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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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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Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
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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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There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.
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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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A man has free choice to the extent that he is rational.
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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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How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
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All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.
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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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Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community.
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