Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
ST. JEROMEMarriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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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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To read without writing is to sleep.
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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