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. JEROMEWhoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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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 one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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