No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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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Love knows nothing of order.
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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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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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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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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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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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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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Haste is of the Devil.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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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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