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.
ST. JEROMEAnd 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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
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The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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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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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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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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