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> [“Monastic communities are to the great social community what the mistletoe is to the oak, what the wart is to the human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/monastic-communities-are-to-the-great-social-community-what-the/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [“Hospitality is a prized virtue of monastic communities. Benedict's rule says: 'All guests who present themselves are to be welcomed as Christ,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-shigematsu/hospitality-is-a-prized-virtue-of-monastic-communities-benedict-s/)

[Ken Shigematsu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-shigematsu/)

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> [“From the point of view of history, of reason, and of truth, monasticism is condemned. Monasteries, when they abound in a nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/from-the-point-of-view-of-history-of-reason-and-of-truth-monasticism/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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