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.
ST. JEROMEBe ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Love knows nothing of order.
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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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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Even 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.
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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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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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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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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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