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.
ST. JEROMENo athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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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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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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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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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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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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