Devotion Quote by Saint Francis de Sales

“One single act done with aridity of spirit is worth more than many done with feelings of devotion.”

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Flowers often grow more beautifully on dung-hills than in gardens that look beautifully kept.

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Friendship requires great communication.

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The thoughts of those moved by natural human love are almost completely fastened on the beloved, their hearts are filled with passion for it,…

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It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.

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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only…

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Go to your confessor; open your heart to him; display to him all the recesses of your soul; take the advice that he will…

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It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.

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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.

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And when children begin to use their reason, fathers and mothers should take great pains to fill their hearts with the fear of God.…

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Pride dies 20 minutes after death.

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To be pleased at correction and reproofs shows that one loves the virtues which are contrary to those faults for which he is corrected…

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If you would fall into any extreme, let it be on the side of gentleness. The human mind is so constructed that it resists…

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