No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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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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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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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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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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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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