When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
ST. JEROMEEverything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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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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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For 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.
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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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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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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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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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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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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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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.
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