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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
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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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Clearly the person who accepts the Church as an infallible guide will believe whatever the Church teaches.
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If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.
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Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.
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We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
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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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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
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Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason.
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Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
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Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate.
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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.
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