Born poor, but of honored and humble people, I am particularly proud to die poor.

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I am able to follow my own death step by step. Now I move softly towards the end.

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It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

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I have been able to follow my death step by step and now my life goes gently to its end.

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The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone.

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The council now beginning rises in the Church like the daybreak, a forerunner of most splendid light.

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Italians come to ruin most generally in three ways, women, gambling, and farming. My family chose the slowest one.

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It is now for the Catholic Church to bend herself to her work with calmness and generosity. It is for you to observe her with renewed and friendly attention.

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It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.

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Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams.Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in,but with what it is still possible for you to do.

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