If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
ST. JEROMENo one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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