A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
ST. JEROMEBe ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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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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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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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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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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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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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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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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