The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
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It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.
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Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the person who has the care of the community.
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We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.
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That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.
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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
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In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.
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The knowledge of God is the cause of things. For the knowledge of God is to all creatures what the knowledge of the artificer is to things made by his art.
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