Honest speech does not seek secret places.
ST. JEROMEThere are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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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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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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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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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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