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.
ST. JEROMETrue friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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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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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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