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MAXIMS;
OR,
SENTENCES OF ST. GAËTAN:
Taken from his Biography, by the Rev. P. D. G. Silos.
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- Pious exercises are a necessary means to maintain a religious spirit in the heart, but the essence of religion consists in an entire conformity of our will to the will of God.
- All the enjoyments of this life are deceptive, because they do not satisfy, but only puff one up; God alone who made our hearts can fill them with consolations.
- He who fully realises his own vileness in the sight of God, will naturally be patient, gentle, and sweet, in dealing with his neighbour.
- No one should be foolish enough to meddle in