"Man proposes, but God disposes."

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"We usually know what we can do, but temptation shows us who we are."

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"The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss."

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"But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor."

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"Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong."

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"Love feels no burden, thinks nothing of trouble, attempts what is above its strength, pleads no excuse of impossibility; for it thinks all things lawful for itself, and all things possible."

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"Great tranquility of heart is his who cares for neither praise not blame."

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"What most of all hinders heavenly consolation is that you are too slow in turning yourself to prayer."

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"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it."

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"How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves."

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