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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.

St. Jerome

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.
ST. JEROME

Blood Endurance Growth Rage Religious
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
ST. JEROME

Heaven Peace Soul Yourself
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Eyes Face Heart Mindset Secret Talk
The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Deep Ourselves Scars Teaching
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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One Liner Tired Walk
We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
ST. JEROME

Honesty Meaning Music Need Passion
So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
ST. JEROME

Beginning Dignity Heaven Human Moments Person Race Soul Value
Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Greatness Poison
Love knows nothing of order.
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Love One Liner Order
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
ST. JEROME

Enemy Photograph Reflection
Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Catch Fly Improvement Moments Transience
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Food Herself Hide Money Poor Store
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Devil Employment Kind Work
No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
ST. JEROME

Care Listening Oneself Talk
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
ST. JEROME

Deep Mistake Origin Water

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