Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
ST. JEROMEI praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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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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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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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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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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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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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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