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> [Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them be rather confined, and held back within their own banks. An overflowing river quickly gathers mud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/bind-up-thy-words-that-they-run-not-riot-and-grow-wanton-and-gather/)

[Saint Ambrose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/saint-ambrose/)

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## Other authors on Flowing river

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## More by Saint Ambrose

> [God created the universe in such a manner that all in common might derive their food from it, and that the Earth should also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/god-created-the-universe-in-such-a-manner-that-all-in-common-might/)

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> [Take away the contests of the martyrs, and you have taken away their crowns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/take-away-the-contests-of-the-martyrs-and-you-have-taken-away-their/)

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> [Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/forget-not-o-lord-that-i-am-one-of-those-whom-thou-hast-created-and/)

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> [The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/the-emperor-is-in-the-church-not-above-the-church/)

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> [Where a man's heart is, there is his treasure also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/where-a-man-s-heart-is-there-is-his-treasure-also/)

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> [No one is good but God alone. What is good is therefore divine, what is divine is therefore good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/no-one-is-good-but-god-alone-what-is-good-is-therefore-divine-what-is/)

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> [Bind up thy words that they run not riot, and grow wanton, and gather up sins for themselves in too much talking. Let them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/bind-up-thy-words-that-they-run-not-riot-and-grow-wanton-and-gather/)

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> [The best way to use the gold of the Redeemer is for the redemption of those in peril.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/the-best-way-to-use-the-gold-of-the-redeemer-is-for-the-redemption-of/)

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> [Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/let-there-be-a-door-to-thy-mouth-that-it-may-be-shut-when-need-arises/)

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> [O most merciful Father, put far from me all my iniquities and all my offences; so that, by Thee made whole in body and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/o-most-merciful-father-put-far-from-me-all-my-iniquities-and-all-my/)

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> [It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/it-is-not-from-your-own-goods-that-you-give-to-the-beggar-it-is-a/)

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> [Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/many-a-sin-has-sullied-me-in-body-and-in-soul-because-i-did-not/)

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> [A duty is to be chosen from what is virtuous, and from what is useful, and also from the comparison of the two, one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/a-duty-is-to-be-chosen-from-what-is-virtuous-and-from-what-is-useful/)

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> [Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/nothing-escapes-god-s-knowledge-this-is-proved-by-the-witness-of-the/)

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> [One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/saint-ambrose/one-of-the-duties-of-fortitude-is-to-keep-the-weak-from-receiving/)

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