A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
ST. JEROMEInstead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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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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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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