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Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.


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Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.



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For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.



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To love is to will the good of the other.



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Nothing created has ever been able to fill the heart of man. God alone can fill it infinitely.



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