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?
ST. JEROMESeek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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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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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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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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A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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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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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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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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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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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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Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
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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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Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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