If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
ST. JEROMEWoman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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