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Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. St. Thomas Aquinas

23Nov2008 In : Quotes
Author : Frédérick Jézégou

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.
Quotations by St. Thomas Aquinas

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