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maxim[8][18] = "When we experience extraordinary sweetness, we ought to ask of God fortitude to bear whatever He may please to send us, and then to stand very much upon our guard, because there is danger of sin behind."; | maxim[8][18] = "When we experience extraordinary sweetness, we ought to ask of God fortitude to bear whatever He may please to send us, and then to stand very much upon our guard, because there is danger of sin behind."; | ||
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 | maxim[8][20] = "In our clothes we ought, like St. Bernard, to love poverty, but not filthiness."; | ||
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][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."; | ||
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