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us.
They teach us that we have been despised. They do not prevent our being so
in the future; for we have many other faults for which we may be despised.
They prepare for us the exercise of correction and freedom from fault.

536. Man is so made that by continually telling him he is a fool he believes
it, and by continually telling it to himself he makes himself believe it.
For man holds an inward talk with his self alone, which it behoves him to
regulate well: Corrumpunt bonos mores colloquia prava.90 We must keep silent
as much as possible and talk with ourselves only of God, whom we know to be
true; and thus we convince ourselves of the truth.

537. Christianity is strange. It bids man recognise that he is vile, even
abominable, and bids him desire to be like God. Without such a counterpoise,
this dignity would make him horribly vain, or this humiliation would make
him terribly abject.

538. With how little pride does a Christian believe himself united to God!
With how little humiliation does he place himself on a level with the worms
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