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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?

St. Jerome

They talk like angels but they live like men.
ST. JEROME

Angel Live Man One Liner Talk
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.
ST. JEROME

Lose Man Money Oneself Rich
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
ST. JEROME

Heaven Peace Soul Yourself
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.
ST. JEROME

Appearance Body Fashion Purity Reveal Talk
A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
ST. JEROME

Devil Man Scripture Worst
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
ST. JEROME

Devil Employment Kind Work
When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
ST. JEROME

Deep God Prayer Reading Spiritual Talk
We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
ST. JEROME

Honesty Meaning Music Need Passion
Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
ST. JEROME

Doubt Himself
He is rich enough who does not want bread.
ST. JEROME

Enough Food One Liner Rich
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
ST. JEROME

Friendship Thinking True
The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
ST. JEROME

Blood Endurance Growth Rage Religious
Honest speech does not seek secret places.
ST. JEROME

Honesty One Liner Place Secret Talk
Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
ST. JEROME

Call Earth Heaven Learning
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
ST. JEROME

Enemy Photograph Reflection
We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
ST. JEROME

Believe Difficult Easy God Love Seek

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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