It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
ST. JEROMELet us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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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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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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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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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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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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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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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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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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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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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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Why do you not practise 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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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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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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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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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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