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The wisest persons, surprised by some passion, often say things they later regret.
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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[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.
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Things arrange themselves with time. Only God can have everything to His liking His servants should act as Our Lord did.
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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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[T]hese losses of the Church in the past hundred years give us reason to fear in the present misfortune that in another hundred years we may lose the Church entirely in Europe. So, keeping this fear in mind, blessed are those who cooperate in extending the Church elsewhere.
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