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" By nature all men are equal in liberty, but not in other endowments. "

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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. "

" Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only how He is not. "

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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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" The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing. "

" That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell. "

" Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work. "

" Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to contemplate. "

" The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false. "

" As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power. "