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.
ST. JEROMELet us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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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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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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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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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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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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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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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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