Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
ST. JEROMEIgnorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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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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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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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.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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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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