A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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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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Haste is of the Devil.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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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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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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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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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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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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