No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
ST. JEROMEA man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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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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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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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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So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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