A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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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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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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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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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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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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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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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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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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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.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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