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maxim[8][19] = "One of the most excellent means of obtaining perseverance is discretion; we must not wish to do everything at once, or become a saint in four days."; | maxim[8][19] = "One of the most excellent means of obtaining perseverance is discretion; we must not wish to do everything at once, or become a saint in four days."; | ||
maxim[8][20] = "In our clothes we ought, like S. Bernard, to love poverty, but not filthiness."; | maxim[8][20] = "In our clothes we ought, like S. Bernard, to love poverty, but not filthiness."; | ||
maxim[8][21] = "He who wishes to advance in spirituality | maxim[8][21] = "He who wishes to advance in spirituality should never slur over his defects negligently without particular examination of conscience, even independent of the time of sacramental confession."; | ||
maxim[8][22] = "A man should not so attach himself to the means as to forget the end; neither must we give ourselves so much to mortify the flesh as to forget to mortify the brain, which is the chief thing after all."; | maxim[8][22] = "A man should not so attach himself to the means as to forget the end; neither must we give ourselves so much to mortify the flesh as to forget to mortify the brain, which is the chief thing after all."; | ||
maxim[8][23] = "We ought to desire the virtues of prelates, cardinals, and popes, but not their dignities."; | maxim[8][23] = "We ought to desire the virtues of prelates, cardinals, and popes, but not their dignities."; | ||
