He is rich enough who does not want bread.
ST. JEROMEWhile truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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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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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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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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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.
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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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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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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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Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
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If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves.
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
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They please the world most, who please Christ least.
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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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Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
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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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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
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