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. JEROMELove is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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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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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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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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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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