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Benedict of Nursia Quotes: It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.
         

It is useless to subdue the flesh by abstinence, unless one gives up his irregular life, and abandons vices which defile his soul.


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