What we love we shall grow to resemble." Bernard of Clairvaux


Bernard of Clairvaux

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hell is full of good wishes and desires.
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Who loves me will love my dog also. [Fr., Que me amat, amet et canem meum.]
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Hell is full of good wishes or desires. [Fr., L'enfer est plein de bonnes volontes ou desirs.]
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Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
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The tears of those repenting are the wine of angels.
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Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.
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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
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Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope
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Miracles happen to those who believe in them.
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