"When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they live elsewhere."
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"In some causes silence is dangerous."
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"The Devil tempts that he may ruin and destroy; God tests that He may crown."
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"Nothing escapes God's knowledge. This is proved by the witness of the Scriptures and the analogy of the sun, which, although created, yet by its light or heat enters into all things."
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"Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse."
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"It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death."
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"There is nothing evil save that which perverts the mind and shackles the conscience."
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"A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand."
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"The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church."
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