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01c. 1425 AD

The Lord bestoweth his blessings where he findeth the vessels empty.

Thomas À Kempis / quote

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02c. 1425 AD

The nobler the virtue is, the more eager and generous resolution do thou express of attaining to it.

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03c. 1425 AD

The opinions of men are as many and as different as their persons; the greatest diligence and most prudent conduct can never please them all.

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04c. 1425 AD

The true original ground of all disquiet is within.

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05c. 1425 AD

The way to heaven is set with briars and thorns; and they who arrive at the kingdom travel over craggy rocks and comfortless deserts.

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06c. 1425 AD

The wealth of both the Indies cannot redeem one single opportunity which you have once let slip.

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07c. 1425 AD

There can come no harm of supposing every other man better than yourself; but the supposing any man worse than yourself may be attended with very ill consequences.

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08c. 1425 AD

They who accuse and blacken thee wrongfully are much the greatest sufferers by their own malice and injustice.

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09c. 1425 AD

They who sustain their cross shall likewise be sustained by it in return.

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10c. 1425 AD

Things fasten upon thee only according as the degree of thy own love and inclination for them gives opportunity and advantage.

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11c. 1425 AD

Thou art ignorant of what thou art, and much more ignorant of what is fit for thee.

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12c. 1425 AD

Thou canst not be entirely free till thou hast attained to such a mastery as entirely to subdue and deny thyself.

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13c. 1425 AD

Thou must learn to break thine own will in many things if thou wilt have peace and concord with others.

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14c. 1425 AD

Though peace be in every man's wishes, yet the qualifications and predispositions necessary for procuring and preserving it are the care of very few.

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15c. 1425 AD

'Tis certainly much easier for a man to restrain himself from talking at all, than to enter into discourse without saying more than becomes him.

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16c. 1425 AD

'Tis rashness to conclude affairs in a lost condition because some crosses have baulked your expectations.

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17c. 1425 AD

To be ill thought of is sometimes for thy good, ... if thou seek not thy own glory, but His that sent thee, the affliction will not be very grievous to be borne.

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18c. 1425 AD

To be provoked with every slanderous word argues a littleness of soul, a want of due regard to God.

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19c. 1425 AD

Too many instances there are of daring men, who by presuming to sound the deep things of religion, have cavilled and argued themselves out of all religion.

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20c. 1425 AD

True quietness of heart is gotten by resisting our passions, not by obeying them.

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21c. 1425 AD

Upon every occasion, be sure to make a conscience of what you do or say.

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22c. 1425 AD

We are all best affected to them who are of the same opinion as ourselves.

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23c. 1425 AD

We are all frail; but esteem none more frail than thyself.

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24c. 1425 AD

We know not oftentimes what we are able to do, but temptations shows us what we are.

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