For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
ST. JEROMEWhen we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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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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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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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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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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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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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