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St. Dominic Quotes: A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
         

A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.


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A man who governs his passions is master of his world. We must either command them or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.
         



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