Italian - Theologian | 1225 - 1274
Because of the diverse conditions of humans, it happens that some acts are virtuous to some people, as appropriate and suitable to them, while the same acts are immoral for others, as inappropriate to them.
Thomas Aquinas
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Three conditions are necessary for Penance: contrition, which is sorrow for sin, together with a purpose of amendment; confession of sins without any omission; and satisfaction by means of good works.
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Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morally indifferent, is obligatory, in such wise that he who acts against his conscience always sins.
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Friendship is the source of the greatest pleasures, and without friends even the most agreeable pursuits become tedious.
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Beware of the person of one book.
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Love takes up where knowledge leaves off.
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It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.
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Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
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Well-ordered self-love is right and natural.
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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.
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To bear with patience wrongs done to oneself is a mark of perfection, but to bear with patience wrongs done to someone else is a mark of imperfection and even of actual sin.
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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
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