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John Vianney Quotes: Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.
         

Humility is like a pair of scales: the lower one side falls, the higher rises the other. Let us humble ourselves like the Blessed Virgin and we shall be exalted.


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When the heart is pure and simple it cannot help loving, because it has discovered the source of love which is God.



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