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Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.

Bernard of Clairvaux

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Prayer is a virtue that prevaileth against all temptations.
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With her for guide, you shall never go astray while invoking her, you shall never lose heart so long as she is in your mind, you are safe from deception while she holds your hand, you cannot fall under her protection you have nothing to fear if she walks before you, you shall not grow weary if she shows you favor, you shall reach the goal.
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Theirs is an endless road, a hopeless maze, who seek for goods before they seek for God.
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Vines and trees will teach you that which you will never learn from masters.
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I know by myself how incomprehensible God is, seeing I cannot comprehend the parts of my own being.
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Learn first to love yourself, and then you can love me.
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Humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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True penance consists in regretting without ceasing the faults of the past, and in firmly resolving to never again commit that which is so deplorable.
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As patience leads to peace, and study to science, so are humiliations the path that leads to humility.
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There are some who wish to learn for no other reason than that they may be looked upon as learned, which is ridiculous vanity ... Others desire to learn that they may morally instruct others, that is love. And, lastly, there are some who wish to learn that they may be themselves edified and that is prudence.
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