And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.
ST. JEROMELove is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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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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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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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.
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