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.
ST. JEROMEThe most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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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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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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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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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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Love knows nothing of order.
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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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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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