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Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.

Vincent de Paul

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
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Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any importance, or when we cannot come to a clear decision on our own.
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Indeed, good is not good if one does not suffer in doing it.
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If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not lack any, and if we are not, we already have too many houses anyway, and can hardly fill the few we have.
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We must be firm but not rough in our guidance and avoid an insipid kind of meekness, which is ineffective. We will learn from Our Lord how our meekness should always be accompanied by humility and grace so as to attract hearts to Him and not cause anyone to turn away from Him.
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[W]ork at ridding yourself of the esteem you have had up to now for the glitter and sparkle of virtue and the vain applause of the world, which Our Lord so assiduously avoided and so often recommends us to shun, and that you labor in earnest to acquire true and solid virtues.
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He also always blesses humble beginnings much more than those accompanied by a lot of show.
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Practice humility and patience.
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I have never made any distinction between those who have taken vows and those who have not some should not be overburdened in order to spare others.
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Oh! how happy the man of means who uses his wealth and his life for the greater glory of God, from whom he has received them!
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God uproots the vine that He Himself has not planted.
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[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.
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Let us allow God to act He brings things to completion when we least expect it.
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The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.
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[I]f the gentleness of your spirit needs a dash of vinegar, borrow a little from Our Lord's spirit. O Mademoiselle, how well He knew how to find a bittersweet remark when it is needed!
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Peace is never so complete that we may not have something to suffer. . . . Since it is impossible to please all of [those you serve], they offer you the occasion for practices which increase your merit in the measure that you make them meritorious by your patience.
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Remember, Monsieur, that the downfall of most Communities comes from the cowardice of Superiors in not holding firm and in not purging them of the troublesome and incorrigible.
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Peace is worth far more than anything they might take from you.
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If, in order to succeed in an enterprise, I were obliged to choose between fifty deer commanded by a lion, and fifty lions commanded by a deer, I should consider myself more certain of success with the first group than with the second.
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