Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
ST. JEROMEBe ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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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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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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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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