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Thomas Aquinas

"Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them."

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"Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them."

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Akiroq Brost

"That I may carry on what I have begun, that I may do good, that I may be one day a grand and encouraging example that it may be said that there was finally some little happiness resulting from this suffering which I have undergone and this virtue to which I have returned!"

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"Virtue could see to do what Virtue would by her own radiant light, though sun and moon where in the flat sea sunk."

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"What better time is there in our lives than when the two best of virtues-innocent gaiety and a boundless yearning for affection-are our sole objects of pursuit?"

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"Shunning evil is wisdom, loving God is the highest wisdom."

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"To have mercy and truth requires love, good understanding and respect."

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"Patience that blending of moral courage with physical timidity."

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"Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc."

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"She had received ideas which disposed her to be courteous and kind to all, and to pity every one, as being less happy than herself."

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"Remember, truth is indestructible, virtue is indestructible, purity is indestructible."

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"The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices."

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"Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion."
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"Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works."
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"Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him."
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"Most men seem to live according to sense rather than reason."
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"To live well is to work well, to show a good activity."
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"Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will."
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"Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures."
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"Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself."
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"Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine."
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"We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves."
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