We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.

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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?

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Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.

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