Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business. St. Jerome More Quotes by St. Jerome More Quotes From St. Jerome Always be doing something worthwhile; then the devil will always find you busy. St. Jerome worthwhiledevilbusy Woman is the root of all evil. St. Jerome rootsevil A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church. St. Jerome scripturechurchmen To read without writing is to sleep. St. Jerome sleepwriting 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. St. Jerome daughtermotherbook The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end. St. Jerome strongcutemean He is rich enough who does not want bread. St. Jerome doewantfood Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets. St. Jerome tyrantslandpeople Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse. St. Jerome storeshidingpurses Marriage fills the Earth, virginity Heaven. St. Jerome virginityearthheaven If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source. St. Jerome faultslittleswater Honest speech does not seek secret places. St. Jerome secret-placeshonestydoe Strictly 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. Jerome wickednesseviltwo When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. St. Jerome perspectivecatholicfood The tired ox treads with a firmer step. St. Jerome tiredsteps Who would have believed that the daughters of that mighty city would one day be wandering as servants and slaves on the shores of Egypt and Africa, or that Bethlehem would daily receive noble Romans, distinguished ladies, brought up in wealth and now reduced to beggary? I cannot help them all, but I grieve and weep with them, and am completely absorbed in the duties which charity imposes on me. I have put aside my commentary on Ezekiel and almost all study. For today we must translate the precepts of the Scriptures into deeds; instead of speaking saintly words, we must act them. St. Jerome egyptdaughtergrieving 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. St. Jerome purity-and-lovecatholicdresses No created mind, no created heart, no human force is capable of knowing how much love the Heart of Mary had for the Lord. St. Jerome knowingmindheart It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin. St. Jerome faultshypocritefall A vice in the heart is an idol on the altar. St. Jerome vicesidolsheart
