The principal act of courage is to endure and withstand dangers doggedly rather than to attack them.
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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.Thomas Aquinas
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If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
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There is but one Church in which men find salvation, just as outside the ark of Noah it was not possible for anyone to be saved.
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