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... he is even lyrical in his enthusiasms; he is a child in the intrigues and inventions of life; but he has imagination, he has a heart, he has a love of tradition, and is the slave of legend. To him domestic life is the summum bonum of being. His four walls are the best thing which the world has to offer, except the cheerful and sacred communion of the Mass, and his dismissal from life itself under the blessing of his priest and with the promise of a ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... peace of mind be the summum bonum, and religion is merely the science of self-satisfaction, they are right; and your wisest plan will be to follow them at once, or failing that, to apply to the next best substitute that can be discovered— alcohol ...

— Yeast: A Problem • Charles Kingsley

... universis Christi fidelibus praesentes litteras inspecturis salutem et Apostolicam benedictionem. Sublimis Deus sic dilexit humanum genus, ut hominem talem condiderit qui non solum boni sicut caeterae creaturae particeps esset, sed ipsum Summum Bonum inaccesibile et invisibile attingere et facie ad faciem videre posset; et cum homo ad vitam et beatitudinem aeternam obeundam, etiam sacrarum literarum testimonio, creatus sit, et hanc vitam et beatitudinem aeternam, nemo consequi valeat, ...

— Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings • Francis Augustus MacNutt

... words is contained the terrestrial summum bonum— In short, love beats everything— cock-fighting not excepted. Amo! amor! How happy every human being, from the peer to the pot-boy, from the duchess to the dairy-maid, would be to be able ...

— The Comic Latin Grammar - A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue • Percival Leigh

Words linked to "Summum bonum" : goodness, good