Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
ST. JEROMEEven 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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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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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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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.
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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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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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Woman is the root of all evil.
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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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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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