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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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" Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. "

" Reason in man is rather like God in the world. "

" In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention. "

" There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. "

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" To live well is to work well, to show a good activity. "

" Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. "

" Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder. "

" 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. "

" Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. "

" Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious. "

" How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them. "

" Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious. "

" It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall lower Himself to him, and who resorts to prayer not to stir the man in us to will what God wills, but only to persuade God to will what the man in us wills. "

" 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. "

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

" Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand. "

" The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness. "

" 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. "

" Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins. "

" Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason. "

" Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them. "

" Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love. "

" Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter. "

" Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. "