Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
ST. JEROMEI praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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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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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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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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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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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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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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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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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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