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. JEROMEBe at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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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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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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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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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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