Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
ST. JEROMEFailure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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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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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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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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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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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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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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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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