Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
ST. JEROMEWhen the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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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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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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