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Famous Saint Francis de Sales Quotes
“Humility makes our lives acceptable to God, meekness makes us acceptable to men.”
Source: Introduction to the Devout Life
“Souls do not wish to be bullied, but gently brought back; such is the nature of man.”
“We are sometimes so busy being good angels that we neglect to be good men and women.”
Source: The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales
“Faith fills a man with love for the beauty of its truth, with faith in the truth of its beauty”
Source: The love of God, a treatise
Source: The Saint Francis de Sales Collection [16 Books]
“Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.”
“To love our neighbor in charity is to love God in man.”
Source: The Spiritual Maxims of Saint Francis de Sales
