He is rich enough who does not want bread. St. Jerome More Quotes by St. Jerome More Quotes From St. Jerome Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses. St. Jerome lawmothermen Shun, as you would the plague, a cleric who from being poor has become wealthy, or who, from being nobody has become a celebrity. St. Jerome wealthywealthpoor Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed. St. Jerome devilkindmay If you call [the synagogue] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss of every conceivable disaster or whatever else you will, you are still saying less than it deserves. St. Jerome saying-lessdevilsoul The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be. St. Jerome landmenfacts Virginity can be lost by a thought. St. Jerome virginitylostsex Why do you not practise what you preach. St. Jerome practice-what-you-preachpractice Endeavor to have always in your hand a pious book, that with this shield you may defend yourself against bad thoughts. St. Jerome maybookhands Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night. St. Jerome marriagesleepinspirational True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks. St. Jerome catholicfriendshipthinking Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you not practice what you preach? St. Jerome churchdeedspractice The charges we bring against others often come home to ourselves; we inveigh against faults which are as much ours as theirs; and so our eloquence ends by telling against ourselves. St. Jerome faultsendshome Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. St. Jerome true-loveaffectionlove Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness? St. Jerome woolpurplemind Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels. St. Jerome vanityhumanitymoving The eating of meat was unknown up to the big flood, but since the flood they have put the strings and stinking juices of animal meat into our mouths, just as they threw in front of the grumbling sensual people in the desert. Jesus Christ, who appeared when the time had been fulfilled, has again joined the end with the beginning, so that it is no longer allowed for us to eat animal meat. St. Jerome animalpeoplejesus Failure is the inspiration of tomorrow's entrepreneurs. St. Jerome entrepreneurfailureinspiration No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it. St. Jerome arrowscarestones Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! St. Jerome short-summercatholicmoments When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun. St. Jerome lighteyegod
