Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
ST. JEROMEThe 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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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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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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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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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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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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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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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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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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