Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a time in this world, and forever in the next.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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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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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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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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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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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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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Do 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?
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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