They please the world most, who please Christ least.
ST. JEROMEWhen I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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The scars of others should teach us caution.
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Haste is of the Devil.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
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Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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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 there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
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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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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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When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.
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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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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The Church of Christ has been founded by shedding its own blood, not that of others; by enduring outrage, not by inflicting it. Persecutions have made it grow; martyrdoms have crowned it.
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