Woman is the root of all evil.
ST. JEROMEVirginity can be lost by a thought.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Even while living in the world, the heart of Mary was so filled with motherly tenderness and compassion for men that no-one ever suffered so much for their own pains, as Mary suffered for the pains of her children.
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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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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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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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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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