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Rather Quotes by Vincent de Paul
- I can understand that the man you told me about has offended you, and I am very annoyed that he forgot himself like that. However,…
- . . . [I]n the kingdom of charity, one prefers to suffer some inconvenience rather than inconvenience the neighbor.
- I would rather him to bear patiently with it than to put himself in danger of a greater evil.
- Be acted upon rather than active. In this way, God will do through you alone what all men put together could not do without Him.
- Foresight is good when it is subject to the latter, but it becomes excessive when we are in a hurry to avoid something we fear.…
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