Honest speech does not seek secret places.
ST. JEROMEThere are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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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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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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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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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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