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maxim[4][2] = "Let a man who desires the first place take the last."; | maxim[4][2] = "Let a man who desires the first place take the last."; | ||
maxim[4][3] = "As soon as a man feels that he is tempted, he should fly to God, and devoutly utter that petition which the fathers of the desert so much esteemed: <i>Deus in adjutorium meum intende; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina</i> ('God, come to my assistance; Lord, make haste to help me'), or that verse, <i>cor mundum crea in me Deus</i> ('A clean heart create for me, O God')."; | maxim[4][3] = "As soon as a man feels that he is tempted, he should fly to God, and devoutly utter that petition which the fathers of the desert so much esteemed: <i>Deus in adjutorium meum intende; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina</i> ('God, come to my assistance; Lord, make haste to help me'), or that verse, <i>cor mundum crea in me Deus</i> ('A clean heart create for me, O God')."; | ||
maxim[4][4] = "When sensual thoughts come into the mind, we ought immediately to make use of our minds | maxim[4][4] = "When sensual thoughts come into the mind, we ought immediately to make use of our minds and fix them instantaneously upon something or other, no matter what."; | ||
maxim[4][5] = "Never say, “What great things the Saints do,†but, “What great things God does in His Saints.â€"; | maxim[4][5] = "Never say, “What great things the Saints do,†but, “What great things God does in His Saints.â€"; | ||
maxim[4][6] = "In the warfare of the flesh, only cowards gain the victory; that is to say, those who fly."; | maxim[4][6] = "In the warfare of the flesh, only cowards gain the victory; that is to say, those who fly."; | ||
