Nature has perfection, in order to show that she is the image of God and defects, to show that she is only his image.

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The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men.

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Faith certainly tells us what the senses do not, but not the contrary of what they see; it is above, not against them.

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There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.

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Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good.

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People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.

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Concupiscence and force are the source of all our actions; concupiscence causes voluntary actions, force involuntary ones.

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Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just.

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Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary.

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It is the heart which perceives God and not the reason. That is what faith is: God perceived by the heart, not by the reason.

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