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?
ST. JEROMEHe is rich enough who does not want bread.
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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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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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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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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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