They talk like angels but they live like men.
ST. JEROMEA vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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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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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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