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" The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before. "
Saint Augustine
Same
Christian
Now
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" In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? "
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" Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering. "
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" The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? "
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" There is no possible source of evil except good. "
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" Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act. "
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Man
Evil
" Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again. "
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Found
Lost
" To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. "
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Sin
Longer
" The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. "
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Like
" He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent. "
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Save
Us
" Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. "
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Becomes
Habit
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Humility
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" I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. "
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" If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend. "
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Friends
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