It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
ST. JEROMEMarriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Woman is the root of all evil.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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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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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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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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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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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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