Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
ST. JEROMEA false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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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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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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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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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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