Quotes by St Francis De Sales
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Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances it can prove dangerous, as when through excess the soul is made ...
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Do not wish to be anything except what you are.
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A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.
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Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.
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Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.
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There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love -- every man works his oar voluntarily!
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It is the mark of a mean, vulgar and ignoble spirit to dwell on the thought of food before meal times or worse to dwell on it afterwards, to discuss ...
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Those who love to be feared fear to be loved, and they themselves are more afraid than anyone, for whereas other men fear only them, they fear everyone.
