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Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.

Never forget that there are only two philosophies to rule your life: the one of the cross, which starts with the fast and ends with the feast. The other of Satan, which starts with the feast and ends with the headache.

Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern

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Fulton J. Sheen
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Approximate author period: c. 1937 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1895 to 1979; Wikidata Q954398, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954398 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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