The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
ST. JEROMEIf 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.
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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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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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.
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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