To read without writing is to sleep.
ST. JEROMEFor 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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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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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Do not let your deeds believe your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, “Why do you not practice what you preach?
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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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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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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