When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
ST. JEROMEI praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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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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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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