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Thomas Aquinas

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“Wonder is the desire for knowledge.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“Pray thee, spare, thyself at times: for it becomes a wise man sometimes to relax the high pressure of his attention to work.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“It is possible to demonstrate God's existence, although not a priori, yet a posteriori from some work of His more surely known to us.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing then afterwards we may be led on to master the evidence for ourselves.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“To live well is to work well, to show a good activity.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to the production of a perfect likeness in the masculine sex while the production of a woman comes from defect in the active power.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“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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“If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the way.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“Now this relaxation of the mind from work consists on playful words or deeds. Therefore it becomes a wise and virtuous man to have recourse to such things at times.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.”— 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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“The truth of our faith becomes a matter of ridicule among the infidels if any Catholic, not gifted with the necessary scientific learning, presents as dogma what scientific scrutiny shows to be false.”— 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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“Moral science is better occupied when treating of friendship than of justice.”— 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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“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.”— Thomas Aquinas
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“How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.”— Thomas Aquinas