Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
ST. JEROMEEven while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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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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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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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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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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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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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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