Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
ST. JEROMEFor all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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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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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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