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“It is easier to catch flies with a teaspoon of honey than with a barrel full of vinegar.” St. Francis de Sales wrote these wise words—and lived them—in the midst of the changes and difficulties of his own time. His spirit of hope and interior freedom, his confidence in God’s love were the foundations of his activity. They enabled him to meet challenges with unflappable kindness, cheerfulness and...

they do for us counts as nothing. In a word, we have a very gentle, liberal, and courteous heart toward ourselves, and one which is hard, rigorous, and severe toward our neighbor. We have two scales, one weighted to measure our own goods to the best advantage, and the other to weigh our neighbors’ to the worst. Even Holy Scripture tells us that “those who tell lies to one another speak with deceiving lips and a double heart” (Ps 12:3). Be just and fair in all you do. Always put yourself in your neighbor’s
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