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Famous Saint Francis de Sales Quotes
“Charity and devotion differ no more, the one from the other, than the flame from the fire.”
“Nothing appeases an enraged elephant so much as the sight of a little lamb.”
“Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.”
“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.”
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.”
“Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly.”
“Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.”
“Those who love to be feared fear to be loved.”
“Friendships begun in this world will be taken up again, never to be broken off.”
“True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.”
“While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.”
“A good discourse is that from which nothing can be retrenched without cutting into the quick.”
“Provided that God be glorified, we must not care by whom.”
“Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty”
“There is no better means of attainment to the spiritual life Than by continually beginning again.”
“You can attract more bees with a spoonful of sugar than a cupful of vinegar.”