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Maxiom of the day
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
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Maxiom of the day
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
The snow has at last melted, the fields regain their herbage, and
the trees their leaves.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
[Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a read more
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
[Fr., Du sublime au ridicule il n'y a qu'un pas.]
Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he read more
Compromise. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 I love my God, but with no love of mine For I read more
Feast of John Vianney, Curè d'Ars, 1859 I love my God, but with no love of mine For I have none to give; I love Thee, Lord, but all that love is Thine, For by Thy life I live. I am as nothing, and rejoice to be Emptied and lost and swallowed up in Thee.
