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.
ST. JEROMEPreferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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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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If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.
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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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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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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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Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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Make knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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