They please the world most, who please Christ least.
ST. JEROMEThe friendship that can cease has never been real.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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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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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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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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