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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.

St. Jerome

The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Civilization Man Suffering
Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Alcohol Attack Devil Weapon Wine Young
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Catch Fly Improvement Moments Transience
Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Honesty One Liner Place Secret Talk
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Deep Easy Fast Talk
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Busy Devil Worth Yourself
We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Believe Difficult Easy God Love Seek
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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Creation Force God Heart Human Love Mindset
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
ST. JEROME

Empty Preserve Stomach
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Food Herself Hide Money Poor Store
A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
ST. JEROME

Man Religious Scripture
Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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Death Faith God Life Love Oneself Purity Service
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
The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Fine Stomach Thinking
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Friendship Thinking True

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