If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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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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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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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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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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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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