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.
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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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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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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To read without writing is to sleep.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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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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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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