Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.
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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The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
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Among us, what is not allowed to women is equally not allowed to men.
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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Virginity can be lost by a thought.
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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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Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
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For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.
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Love knows nothing of order.
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Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to 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 the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.
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He is rich enough who does not want bread.
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There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.
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