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Thomas Aquinas
Age: 49 †
Born: 1225
Born: February 1
Died: 1274
Died: March 14
Dominican Friar
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Roman Catholic Priest
Theologian
Saint Thomas Aquinas
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Tommaso d'Aquino
Thomas of Aquino
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This Blood that but one drop of has the power to win all the world forgiveness of its world of sin.
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The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.
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Reason in man is rather like God in the world.
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The Cross to me is certain salvation. The Cross is that which I ever adore. The Cross of the Lord is with me. The Cross is my refuge.
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Prostitution in the towns is like the cesspool in the palace take away the cesspool and the palace will become an unclean and evil smelling-place.
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It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.
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How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.
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It is necessary for the perfection of human society that there should be men who devote their lives to contemplation.
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All men are equal in nature, and also in original sin. It is in the merits and demerits of their actions that they differ.
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Art is right reason in the doing of work.
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If all the sins of the flesh are worthy of condemnation because by them man allows himself to be dominated by that which he has of the animal nature, much more deserving of condemnation are the sins against nature by which man degrades his own animal nature.
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Mercy without justice is the mother of dissolution justice without mercy is cruelty.
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Love follows knowledge.
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Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.
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One will observe that all things are arranged according to their degrees of beauty and excellence, and that the nearer they are to God, the more beautiful and better they are.
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Not everyone who is enlightened by an angel knows that he is enlightened by him.
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Faith will tell us Christ is present, When our human senses fail.
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Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate. Wherefore as the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods. Consequently the sight of the happiness of the saints will give them very great pain.
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Down in adoration falling, Lo! the sacred Host we hail Lo! o'er ancient forms departing, Newer rites of grace prevail Faith for all defects supplying, Where the feeble senses fail.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
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