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When in Rome, live as the Romans do. When elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere.
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If you have two shirts in your closet, one belongs to you and the other to the man with no shirt.
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Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.
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If you do not give the tenth part to God, he will take the nine parts.
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How far, O rich, do you extend your senseless avarice? Do you intend to be the sole inhabitants of the earth? Why do you drive out the fellow sharers of nature, and claim it all for yourselves? The earth was made for all, rich and poor, in common. Why do you rich claim it as your exclusive right?
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It is Peter himself that He says, 'You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church.' Where Peter is, there is the Church. And where the Church, no death is there, but life eternal.
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Law is twofold -- natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law.
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