Vincent de Paul Quotes About Wisdom
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Naturally, everyone loves his freedom, but we must beware of this as of a broad road that leads to perdition.
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Make an effort to serve good bread and good meat and not to sell the better wine so as to serve what is inferior.
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There is nothing good that does not meet with opposition, and it should not be valued any less because it encounters objections.
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Nevertheless, when one is ill, one should be submissive to the doctor and obey him.
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[P]resent misfortune presupposes good luck in the future.
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A doctor who keeps a person from becoming ill deserves more merit than one who cures him.
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[M]ost people offend God by passing judgment on the things others do, especially important people, not knowing the reasons why they are doing what they do; for when one does not know the primary cause of some matter, what conclusions can he draw from it?
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Just as stinginess is blameworthy, so is facility in paying more for things than they are worth...
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. . . [A]s a rule, the most learned persons do not produce the greatest results. We see that only too often.
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We should take as a maxim never to be surprised at current difficulties, no more than at a passing breeze, because with a little patience we shall see them disappear. Time changes everything.
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If you say that a good reputation serves to benefit the neighbor more, I admit that. However, since it should be based on a good life, it is, therefore, preserved by the practice of virtue and not by human intrigue.
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Naturally, everyone is disheartened by sharp reprimands, and by the most amiable corrections as well, if they are frequent, immoderate, or given inappropriately.
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The vine-stock bears fruit as long as it is attached to its stem; apart from that, no.
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[A] sick mind cannot be cured by the sheer force of persuasion.
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. . . [T]hose persons who console you today may humiliate you tomorrow.
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...it is difficult to master one's feelings and be exact in everything in the midst of many affairs
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Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than disturb the mind, as it does, and give rise to temptations to speak or write about it to others.
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I cannot think of the results of your labors without shame at the little we do.
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Far from being a bad thing to seek advice, you must, on the contrary, do so when the matter is of any importance, or when we cannot come to a clear decision on our own.
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There are good, God-fearing persons who still fall into certain faults, and it is better to bear with them than to be hard on them.
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... I am sure that you are the first to do what you teach them.
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With whose imperfections will you bear, and what insult are you capable of enduring, if a thoughtless word from your own Superior is unbearable?
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Remember the maxim of the Romans which states that by union and counsel we can achieve anything.
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If the Company takes my advice, it will always be preserved through this maxim, for if we are good, we will not lack any, and if we are not, we already have too many houses anyway, and can hardly fill the few we have.
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When in Rome, you must do as the Romans do and accept the local customs, if they are not immoral.
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You should not open your mouth except to express gratitude for benefits you have received, and never to mention your discontent.
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It is a maxim of ours to work in the service of the people, with the good pleasure of the pastors, and never to act contrary to their wishes. And, at the opening and closing of each mission, we get their blessing in a spirit of dependence.
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Remember, Monsieur, that Saint Augustine says that a person who does not obey the doctors is doing his best to kill himself.
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Nature makes trees put down deep roots before having them bear fruit, and even this is done gradually.
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Do not be afraid of undertaking too much of what you can do without coming and going; but fear only the thought of doing more than you are doing and more than God is giving you the means to do.
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