Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
ST. JEROMEAnd 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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