When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
ST. JEROMEThank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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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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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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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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If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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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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