Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
ST. JEROMEIt is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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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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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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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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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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