The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
ST. JEROMEEverything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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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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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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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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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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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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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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