While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
ST. JEROMEMarriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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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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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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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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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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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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Martyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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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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