Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
ST. JEROMEHe is rich enough who does not want bread.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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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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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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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 most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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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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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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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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