When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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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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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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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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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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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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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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.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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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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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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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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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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