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Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
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For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the…
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Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to…
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Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.
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Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.
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Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes a health-promoting…
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The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God,…
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Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear…
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The first point of wisdom is to. discern what is false; the second, to know what is true.
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The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through…
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For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the…
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Regarding mutual tolerance: It is negative in one sense, but positive in another. It absolutely forbids us to be forward in pronouncing…
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There is a word, in a verb, something sacred which forbids us from using it recklessly. To handle a language cunningly is to…
— Charles Baudelaire
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There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy.
— Henryk Sienkiewicz
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The short span of life forbids us to take on far-reaching hopes.
— Horace
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Ceremony forbids us to express by words things that are lawful and natural, and we obey it; reason forbids us to do…
— Michel de Montaigne
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The divinity who rules within us, forbids us to leave this world without his command.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Pride and curiosity are the two scourges of our souls. The latter prompts us to poke our noses into everything, and the…
— Michel de Montaigne
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Religion forbids us from assuming a God-like character. This is especially true in politics and government, where limiting the power of the…
— Abdolkarim Soroush
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God does not make a mistake. What is a mistake? The dictionary says: a mistake is an error in action, opinion, or…
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