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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

St. Jerome

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. JEROME

Lose Man Money Oneself Rich
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.
ST. JEROME

Children Compassionate Heart Live Man Mom Pain Suffering World
To read without writing is to sleep.
ST. JEROME

One Liner Reading Sleep Writing
They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Angel Live Man One Liner Talk
He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Enough Food One Liner Rich
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.
ST. JEROME

Beginning Offering Ourselves Seek
When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Blame Eyes Light Myself See Sun
Why do you not practise what you preach.
ST. JEROME

Practice Talk Yourself
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.
ST. JEROME

Happiness Learning Love Tongue
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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Hard Impression Mindset White
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Enemy Photograph Reflection
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Call Earth Heaven Learning
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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End Home Mistake Ourselves Talk
Virginity can be lost by a thought.
ST. JEROME

Lost One Liner Thinking
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
ST. JEROME

Busy Devil Worth Yourself

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