Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
ST. JEROMEIt is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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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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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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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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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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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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