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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.

St. Jerome

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.
ST. JEROME

Face Faith Forever Peace Time World Yourself
Love knows nothing of order.
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Love One Liner Order
Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
ST. JEROME

Greatness Poison
Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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Marriage Religious Sacred Vice
Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
ST. JEROME

Equality Man Woman
No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure.
ST. JEROME

Happiness Learning Love Tongue
Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
ST. JEROME

Humanity Move Power True
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.
ST. JEROME

Compare Evil Goodness Marriage Oneself Talk Virgin
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Afraid Alone Goodness Marriage Night
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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Beginning Dignity Heaven Human Moments Person Race Soul Value
If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Deep Mistake Origin Water
Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Hate Myself Thankful World Worth
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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Lose Man Money Oneself Rich
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Food Herself Hide Money Poor Store
The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Civilization Man Suffering
Woman is the root of all evil.
ST. JEROME

Evil One Liner Root Woman

Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.

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