Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
ST. JEROMEMarriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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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.
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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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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