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.
ST. JEROMEThe friendship that can cease has never been real.
More St. Jerome Quotes
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The 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.
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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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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.
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Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!
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When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.
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Honest speech does not seek secret places.
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So valuable to heaven is the dignity of the human soul that every member of the human race has a guardian angel from the moment the person begins to be.
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Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom.
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The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace – the thousand pictures.
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Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.
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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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The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.
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Music to me is a voice, my voice, it’s my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What ideas can I bring out from these instruments that would make this song come alive.
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