The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
ST. JEROMEKeep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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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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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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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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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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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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