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

St. Jerome

And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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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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Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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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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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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Love knows nothing of order.
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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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