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.
ST. JEROMELet us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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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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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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