Quotemeal for Wednesday, August 10, 2011

"Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them."

— St. Augustine of Hippo

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"All human sin seems so much worse in its consequences than in its intentions."

— Reinhold Niebuhr —

"I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened."

— Winston Churchill —

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"It is an abuse to confess any kind of sin, mortal or venial, without a will to be delivered from it, since confession was instituted for no other end."

— François de Sales —