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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

St. Jerome

The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
ST. JEROME

End Home Mistake Ourselves Talk
When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Blame Eyes Light Myself See Sun
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Act Action Talk Word
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
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.
ST. JEROME

Death Faith God Life Love Oneself Purity Service
They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Angel Live Man One Liner Talk
Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
ST. JEROME

Doubt Himself
There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Big Life Live Ourselves Short
They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Attitude Character God Religious Sin World
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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Lose Man Money Oneself Rich
He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Enough Food One Liner Rich
Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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Marriage Religious Sacred Vice
We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Believe Difficult Easy God Love Seek
Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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Avoid Business Man Sick Yourself
Why do you not practise what you preach.
ST. JEROME

Practice Talk Yourself
Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
ST. JEROME

Knowledge Live Love Meditation Scripture Yourself

For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.

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