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A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
Saint Aurelius Augustine
Tears
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Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
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The verdict of the world is conclusive. [Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. [Lat., Spiritalis enim virtus sacramenti ita est ut lux: etsi per immundos transeat, non inquinatur.]
— Saint Aurelius Augustine
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. [Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa calcamus.]
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He fashioned hell for the inquisitive. [Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]
— Saint Aurelius Augustine
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