Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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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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Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.
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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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Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one is good and the other evil.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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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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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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Seek to learn on earth those truths which will remain ever valid in Heaven.
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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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When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.
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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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