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The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem apart from that, no.

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Vincent de Paul
Age: 79 †
Born: 1581
Born: April 24
Died: 1660
Died: September 27
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So, do not dwell any longer on what you are, but consider Our Lord close by you and within you, ready to put His hand to the work as soon as you call upon Him for help, and you will see that all will go well.
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Laws must never be made compatible with crimes, no more than lying should be in harmony with the truth.
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Who will excuse us before God for the loss of such a great number of people, who could be saved by the slight assistance we could give them?
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Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.
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Would that God, Monsieur, had rendered us worthy of spending our lives, as Our Lord did, for the salvation of those poor souls so far removed from all assistance.
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Since I am a great sinner, I cannot reject those who have been, provided they have good will.
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...Omit nothing which can advance his work, and not blame others for the delay.
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We are still tossed about by the disturbances of this life, which is like a stormy sea, where those who are not attached to J[esus] C[hrist] and the duties of their state, as was our dear departed, are shipwrecked.
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In the name of God, Monsieur, let us not be so little attached to God's service that we yield to a useless fear which may cause us to abandon the task He has given us.
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[E]xcess in the practice of virtue is no less imperfect than the lack of it.
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If we divested ourselves, once and for all, of all self-will, we would then be in a position of being sure of doing the Will of God, in which the angels find all their delight and men all their happiness.
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We cannot better assure our eternal happiness than by living and dying in the service of the poor, in the arms of Providence, and with genuine renouncement of ourselves in order to follow Jesus Christ.
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Let us reflect that we shall always do God's Will and He will do ours when we carry out that of our Superiors.
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You can give me no greater consolation nor render greater service to your neighbor than to place yourself in a condition to serve him for a long time
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Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.
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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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I am the only wretch who keeps on heaping new iniquities and abominations on myself. O Monsieur, how merciful God is to put up with me with so much patience and forbearance, and how weak and miserable I am to abuse his mercies so greatly!
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