Disposition Quote by Saint Francis de Sales

“One of the most evil dispositions possible is that which satirizes and turns everything to ridicule. God abhors this vice, and has sometimes punished it in a marked manner”

Saint Francis de Sales

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Disposition Evil Ridicule Sometimes Turns Vices

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