Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
ST. JEROMEHonest speech does not seek secret places.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Love knows nothing of order.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
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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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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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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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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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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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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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