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When charity requires it we must freely and mildly communicate to our neighbor not only what is his instruction, but also what is profitable for his consolation.
Saint Francis de Sales
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Saint Francis de Sales
Age: 55 †
Born: 1567
Born: August 26
Died: 1622
Died: December 28
Catholic Priest
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Chateau de Thorens
Saint Francis de Sales
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Saint Francis of Sales
Bishop of Geneva
Francçois de Sales
François de Salfes
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One single day of devotion is worth more than a thousand years of worldly life.
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It is to those who have the most need of us that we ought to show our love more especially.
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Consider all the past as nothing, and say, like David: Now I begin to love my God.
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A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.
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