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?
ST. JEROMELove knows nothing of order.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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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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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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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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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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