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maxim[12][28] = "Let young men be cheerful, and indulge in the recreations proper to their age, provided they keep out of the way of sin."; | maxim[12][28] = "Let young men be cheerful, and indulge in the recreations proper to their age, provided they keep out of the way of sin."; | ||
maxim[12][29] = "Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices."; | maxim[12][29] = "Not to know how to deny our soul its own wishes, is to foment a very hot-bed of vices."; | ||
maxim[12][30] = "All created things are liberal, and show the goodness of the Creator: the sun scatters its light, the fire its heat; the tree throws out its arms, which are its branches, and reaches to us the fruit it bears: water, and air, and all nature express the liberality of the Creator, and we, who are his lively image, do not represent him, but through our degenerate manners deny Him in deeds while we are confessing Him with our mouths."; | maxim[12][30] = "All created things are liberal, and show the goodness of the Creator: the sun scatters its light, the fire its heat; the tree throws out its arms, which are its branches, and reaches to us the fruit it bears: water, and air, and all nature express the liberality of the Creator, and we, who are his lively image, do not represent him, but, through our degenerate manners, deny Him in deeds while we are confessing Him with our mouths."; | ||
maxim[12][31] = "The hour is finished - we may say the same of the year; but the time to do good is not finished yet."; | maxim[12][31] = "The hour is finished - we may say the same of the year; but the time to do good is not finished yet."; | ||
