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?
ST. JEROMEIt is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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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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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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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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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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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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Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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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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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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