"No man ruleth safely but that he is willingly ruled."

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“And when he is out of sight, quickly also is he out of mind.”

“What canst thou see elsewhere which thou canst not see here? Behold the heaven and the earth and all the elements; for of these are all things created.”

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“He that avoideth not small faults, by little and little falleth into greater.”

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“For they truly know their Lord in the breaking of bread, whose heart within them so vehemently burneth, whilst Thou, O blessed Jesus, dost walk and converse with them.”

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