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maxim[4][12] = "We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybody’s prayers."; | maxim[4][12] = "We must not trust in ourselves, but take the advice of our spiritual father, and recommend ourselves to everybody’s prayers."; | ||
maxim[4][13] = "We must avoid lies as we would a pestilence."; | maxim[4][13] = "We must avoid lies as we would a pestilence."; | ||
maxim[4][14] = "When we go to confession, we should accuse ourselves of our worst sins first, and of those things which we are most ashamed of, because by this means we put the devil to greater confusion | maxim[4][14] = "When we go to confession, we should accuse ourselves of our worst sins first, and of those things which we are most ashamed of, because by this means we put the devil to greater confusion and reap more fruit from our confession."; | ||
maxim[4][15] = "One of the very best means of obtaining humility is sincere and frequent confession."; | maxim[4][15] = "One of the very best means of obtaining humility is sincere and frequent confession."; | ||
maxim[4][16] = "In trying to get rid of bad habits, it is of the greatest importance not to put off going to confession after a fall, and also to keep to the same confessor."; | maxim[4][16] = "In trying to get rid of bad habits, it is of the greatest importance not to put off going to confession after a fall, and also to keep to the same confessor."; | ||
