A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
ST. JEROMENo created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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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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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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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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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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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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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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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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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.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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