Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
ST. JEROMELet 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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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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Love knows nothing of order.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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