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"Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community."
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"As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex; while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power."


"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."


"Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious."


"It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us."


"Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love."


"God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter."


"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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