There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
ST. JEROMEIt is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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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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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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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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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
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No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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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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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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