Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
ST. JEROMELove is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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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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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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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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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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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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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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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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