Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament.
ST. JEROMEIf a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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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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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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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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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.
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Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy.
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A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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And 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.
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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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