Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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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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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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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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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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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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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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