If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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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Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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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 fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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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 there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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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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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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