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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

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

Empty Preserve Stomach
If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
ST. JEROME

Himself Religious Soul Teaching
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. JEROME

Battle Death Engagement Field Friendship Survive War
When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
ST. JEROME

Deep God Prayer Reading Spiritual Talk
Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
ST. JEROME

Busy Devil Worth Yourself
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.
ST. JEROME

Face Faith Forever Peace Time World Yourself
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Bond Difficult Friendship
Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Alcohol Attack Devil Weapon Wine Young
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
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Affection Love Money Price
No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Creation Force God Heart Human Love Mindset
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.
ST. JEROME

Drink Enough Fear Reach Scripture
Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
ST. JEROME

Dangerous Devil Road Woman Women Empowerment
Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
ST. JEROME

Death Expense Himself Man Mom
To read without writing is to sleep.
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One Liner Reading Sleep Writing
They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Attitude Character God Religious Sin World
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
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Change Death Deep Forever Human Ourselves
Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Action Beginning Inspirational Motivational Yourself
Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Earth Heaven Marriage Virgin
Love knows nothing of order.
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Love One Liner Order
We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
ST. JEROME

Honesty Meaning Music Need Passion
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
ST. JEROME

Bad Book Hands Protection Thinking Yourself
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Deep Mistake Origin Water
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Friendship Thinking True
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
ST. JEROME

Fine Stomach Thinking

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