Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
ST. JEROMEDo not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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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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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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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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