If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
ST. JEROMENothing 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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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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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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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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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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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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