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While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.

St. Jerome

Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young.
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Alcohol Attack Devil Weapon Wine Young
A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar.
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Heart Idol Religious Vice
When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Blame Eyes Light Myself See Sun
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
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Eyes Face Heart Mindset Secret Talk
For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Empty Preserve Stomach
Nothing gives us a greater idea of our soul, than that God has given us, at the moment of our birth, an angel to take care of it.
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Angel Born Care God Greatness Ideas Moments Ourselves Soul
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Ignorance Worst Yourself
It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Fall Hypocrisy Mistake Sin
We need more music that is passionate and meaningful and honest.
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Honesty Meaning Music Need Passion
Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
ST. JEROME

Bad Book Hands Protection Thinking Yourself
Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
ST. JEROME

Change Death Deep Forever Human Ourselves
I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
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Marriage Myself Praise
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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Face Faith Forever Peace Time World Yourself
Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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Lost One Liner Thinking
Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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Greatness Poison
Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace with you.
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Heaven Peace Soul Yourself

While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.

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