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maxim[12][26] = "Besides pardoning those who persecute us, we ought to feel pity for the delusion they are labouring under."; | maxim[12][26] = "Besides pardoning those who persecute us, we ought to feel pity for the delusion they are labouring under."; | ||
maxim[12][27] = "To one who really loves God, there is nothing more harassing or burdensome than life."; | maxim[12][27] = "To one who really loves God, there is nothing more harassing or burdensome than life."; | ||
maxim[12][28] = "Let young men be cheerful | maxim[12][28] = "Let young men be cheerful and indulge in the recreations proper to their age, provided they keep out of the way of sin."; | ||
maxim[12][29] = "Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices."; | maxim[12][29] = "Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices."; | ||
maxim[12][30] = "All created things are liberal, and show the goodness of the Creator: the sun scatters its light, the fire its heat; the tree throws out its arms, which are its branches, and reaches to us the fruit it bears: water, and air, and all nature express the liberality of the Creator. We, who are his living image, do not represent him, but, through our degenerate manners, deny Him in deeds while we are confessing Him with our mouths."; | maxim[12][30] = "All created things are liberal, and show the goodness of the Creator: the sun scatters its light, the fire its heat; the tree throws out its arms, which are its branches, and reaches to us the fruit it bears: water, and air, and all nature express the liberality of the Creator. We, who are his living image, do not represent him, but, through our degenerate manners, deny Him in deeds while we are confessing Him with our mouths."; | ||
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