A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
ST. JEROMEIf it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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