Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
ST. JEROMEMalice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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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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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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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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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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