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.
ST. JEROMEIf it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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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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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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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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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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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 most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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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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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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