No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
ST. JEROMEWoman is the root of all evil.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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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.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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