Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
ST. JEROMEThey please the world most, who please Christ least.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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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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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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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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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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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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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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