Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
ST. JEROMEWhy do you not practise what you preach.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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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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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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Woman is the root of all evil.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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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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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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