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The Psalms are the voices of the church.

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True repentance is to cease from sin.
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
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The rich man who gives to the poor does not bestow alms but pays a debt.
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When I go to Rome, I fast on Saturday, but in Milan I do not. Do you also follow the custom of whatever church you attend, if you do not want to give or receive scandal.
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God drove Cain out of his presence and sent him into exile far away from his native land, so that he passed from a life of human kindness to one which was more akin to the rude existence of a wild beast.
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The likeness of Your Church, O Lord, is that woman who went behind and touched the hem of Your garment, saying within herself: 'If I do but touch His garment I shall be whole' (Mt. 9:21). So the Church confesses her wounds, but desires to be healed.
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When in Rome, live in the Roman way.
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It is easier to look wise than to talk wisely.
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We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.
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Just as riches are an impediment to virtue in the wicked, so in the good they are an aid of virtue.
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Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show.
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Your soul must hold fast to Him, you must follow after Him in your thoughts, you must tread His ways by faith, not in outward show.
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As a servant desireth the approval of his master, and a son the approval of his father, so should we desire the approval of God and our own conscience.
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In some causes silence is dangerous.
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Except a man fear the Lord, he is unable to renounce sin.
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When you are at Rome, live as Romans live.
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There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience.
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Neither angel, nor archangel, nor yet even the Lord Himself (who alone can say I am with you), can, when we have sinned, release us, unless we bring repentance with us.
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The emperor is in the Church, not about the Church.
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The devil's snare does not catch you, unless you are first caught by the devil's bait.
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