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.
ST. JEROMEFor the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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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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To read without writing is to sleep.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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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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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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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.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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