“To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“Whatever is received is received according to the nature of the recipient.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“Hold firmly that our faith is identical with that of the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.”
— Thomas Aquinas
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