A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
ST. JEROMECatch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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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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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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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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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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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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