They talk like angels but they live like men.
ST. JEROMEMalice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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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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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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