Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
ST. JEROMEIgnorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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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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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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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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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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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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