It is our part to seek, St. Jerome More Quotes by St. Jerome More Quotes From St. Jerome The scars of others should teach us caution. St. Jerome teaching heart love Malice swallows the greatest part of its own venom. St. Jerome venom wickedness evil Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids. St. Jerome mistress dresses character Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth. St. Jerome seasoning Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a religious sacrament. St. Jerome vices done religious The truly miserable have a timbre in their voices strong enough to erase smiles from the faces and souls of the contented. St. Jerome sadness voice strong It is not being in Jerusalem, but living a good life there that is praiseworthy. St. Jerome good-life jerusalem christianity Haste is of the Devil. St. Jerome devil haste catholic They talk like angels but they live like men. St. Jerome angel men Time would fail me were I to try to lay before you in order all the passages in the Holy Scriptures which relate to the efficacy of baptism or to explain the mysterious doctrine of that second birth which though it is our second is yet our first in Christ. St. Jerome baptism trying order For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable. St. Jerome stomach empty dignity No one loves to tell of scandal except to him who loves to hear it. Learn, then, to rebuke and check the detracting tongue by showing that you do not listen to it with pleasure. St. Jerome scandal tongue one-love The most base of men can be civilized through suffering. St. Jerome personality character men 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. St. Jerome riches unjust men What cannot be changed cannot be blamed. St. Jerome blame faults changed The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck. St. Jerome necks obstinacy world No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow. St. Jerome brows sweat athlete It is idle to play the lyre for an ass. St. Jerome idle ass play Whoever eats the Lamb outside this House is profane. St. Jerome sacraments lambs house Small minds can never handle great themes. St. Jerome theme handle mind
