While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
ST. JEROMEHaste is of the Devil.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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They talk like angels but they live like men.
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Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Woman is the root of all evil.
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Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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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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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.
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.
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It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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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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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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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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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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I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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