When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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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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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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