Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
ST. JEROMEThe most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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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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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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