"Without a doubt, one of the things which……" — Saint Francis de Sales
"Without a doubt, one of the things which keeps us from attaining perfection is our tongue. When one has reached the point of no longer committing faults in speech, he has surely reached perfection, as was said by the Holy Spirit. The worst defect in talking is talking too much. Hence, in speech be brief and virtuous, brief and gentle, brief and simple, brief and charitable, brief and amiable."
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Saint Francis de Sales
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154 Quotes by Saint Francis de Sales
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