Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day-February 6

A PROUD person is like a balloon filled with air: it seems great, but in reality its great­ness is nothing more than a little air, which, as soon as the balloon is opened, is quickly dispersed.
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From Thoughts from St Alphonsus for Every Day
Compiled by Rev. C. McNeiry, C.SS.R.
Imprimatur: Joseph Hull, C.SS.R., Prov. Angl. Sup.
Nihil Obstat: Innocentlus Apap, O.P., S.T.M., Censor Deptutatus.
Imprimatur: Edm. Can. Surmont, Vicarius Generalis.
Westmonasterii, Die 9a Junii, 1927.
First published 1927