It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
ST. JEROMEIt is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
ST. JEROMEThe most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
ST. JEROMEThe scars of others should teach us caution.
ST. JEROMEEndeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts.
ST. JEROMEStrictly 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.
ST. JEROMEMartyrdom does not consist only in dying for one’s faith. Martyrdom also consists in serving God with love and purity of heart every day of one’s life.
ST. JEROMENo 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.
ST. JEROMEEvery day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
ST. JEROMEIf there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.
ST. JEROMEA man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.
ST. JEROMEHonest speech does not seek secret places.
ST. JEROMEMake knowledge of the Scripture your love. Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge and inquiries.
ST. JEROMEThe face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
ST. JEROMEBegin now what you will be hereafter.
ST. JEROMEThe 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.
ST. JEROMEWoman is the root of all evil.
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