Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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Haste is of the Devil.
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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 I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane.
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We must love Christ and always seek Christ’s embraces. Then everything difficult will seem easy.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Martyrdom 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.
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Begin now what you will be hereafter.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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Why do you not practise what you preach.
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.
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Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
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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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