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"There is more required nowadays to make a single wise man than formerly to make Seven Sages" -Balthasar Gracian,"The Art of Worldly Wisdom"(writing in 1600s)

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Feast of The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (November 21)

https://infogalactic.com/info/Presentation_of_Mary

Catholic encyclopedia: https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12400a.htm

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St. Yvo Helori on the Value of Charity and Almsgiving

> He distributed his corn, or the price for which... (continued)

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Greed: What is it to you?

It's often used to describe nonconsensual thefts, but greed has also been described as the indiscriminate pursuit of "more" you don't need.

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The Vice Of Vainglory

via Catholic Encyclopedia on "Glory": https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06585a.htm

Aquinas On The Topic: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3132.htm

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St. Gregory Nazianzen: "We must overcome our enemies ... by gentleness; win them over by forbearance. Let them be punished by their own conscience, not by our wrath."

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