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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.

St. Jerome

If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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Himself Religious Soul Teaching
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Fine Stomach Thinking
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Deep Easy Fast Talk
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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Avoid Business Man Sick Yourself
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Empty Preserve Stomach
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Change Death Deep Forever Human Ourselves
It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Fall Hypocrisy Mistake Sin
They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Attitude Character God Religious Sin World
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Bond Difficult Friendship
Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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Compare Evil Goodness Marriage Oneself Talk Virgin
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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Battle Death Engagement Field Friendship Survive War
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Heaven Peace Soul Yourself
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Busy Devil Worth Yourself
The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Eyes Face Heart Mindset Secret Talk

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