Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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 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 your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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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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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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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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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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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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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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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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