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A man of one book. [Lat., Homo unius libri.] - [Books] For loving draws us more to things than knowing does, since good is found by going to the thing, whereas the true is found when the thing comes to us. - [Love] If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. - [Punishment] It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes. - [Humor] Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. - [Justice] Law; an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community. - [Law] 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. - [Possession] Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine. - [Sorrow] Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passions. - [Temperance] Concerning perfect blessed ness which consists in a vision of God. [Lat., Circa beatitudinem perfectam, quae in Dei visione consistit.] - Summa Theologie, probably the origin of the phrase "beatific vision" [Visions]
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