He is rich enough who does not want bread.
ST. JEROMEBe ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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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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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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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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