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1. Habere non potest Deum patrem qui ecclesiam non habet matrem (St. Cyprian)

Translation: God is not able to have a father who is not mother Church. ~ St. Cyprian

2. Amici probantur rebus adversis. (Proverb)

Translation: Friends are pertained to the affairs of adversity. ~Proverbs

3. Sine virtute amicitia esse non potest. (Cicero)

Translation: Without virtue/courage one is not able to be a friend. ~Cicero

4. Sine virtute nihil laudari potest (ex acommodata Cicero)

Translation: Without courage/virtue nothing will be able to be praised. ~ Adapted from Cicero

5. Malum est consilium quod mutari non potest. (Publilius Syrus)

Translation: The council is bad because it is not able to change. ~Publilius Syrus

6. Fortis cadere potest, cedere non potest. (Proverbs)

Translation: The brave are able to fall, they are not able to yield ~Proverbs

7. Sanctus Joannes, "Qui enim," inquit, "non diligit fratrem suum quem videt Deum, quem non videt, quomodo potest diligere? Et hoc mandatum habemus a Deo: ut qui diligit Deum, diligat et fratrem suum.

Translation: Saint John, "Who for," he said, "He did not love the brother who he sees , how is he able to love God, who he cannot see? And this command we have by God: that he who loved God, he will also love his brother.

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