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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.

St. Jerome

No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
ST. JEROME

Athlete Himself Inspirational Motivational
Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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Compare Evil Goodness Marriage Oneself Talk Virgin
Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
ST. JEROME

Knowledge Live Love Meditation Scripture Yourself
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Bond Difficult Friendship
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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Bad Book Hands Protection Thinking Yourself
Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Heaven Learning Seek Truth
A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Man Religious Scripture
A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Heart Idol Religious Vice
We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Believe Difficult Easy God Love Seek
If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
ST. JEROME

Face Faith Forever Peace Time World Yourself
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
ST. JEROME

Act Action Talk Word
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Busy Devil Worth Yourself
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Afraid Alone Goodness Marriage Night
Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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Death Expense Himself Man Mom
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
ST. JEROME

Catch Fly Improvement Moments Transience
The scars of others should teach us caution.
ST. JEROME

Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching

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