The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. St. Jerome More Quotes by St. Jerome More Quotes From St. Jerome That clergyman soon becomes an object of contempt who being often asked out to dinner never refuses to go. St. Jerome clergymen contempt dinner Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts. St. Jerome stronger effort athlete Playing keys is more than just knowing what notes to play. You have to know about the buttons too. St. Jerome keys knowing play If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case. St. Jerome cases ifs 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. Jerome angel giving ideas Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven. St. Jerome piety earth heaven Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God. St. Jerome novelty religious giving Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young St. Jerome devil wine use While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing. St. Jerome bitter truth-is waiting I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins. St. Jerome unions marriage praise To saints their very slumber is a prayer. St. Jerome slumber saint prayer Keep always busy so that the devil will find you always engaged. St. Jerome engaged devil busy Out of one hundred thousand sinners who continue in sin until death, scarcely one will be saved. St. Jerome hundred sin thousand To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ. St. Jerome scripture christ Small minds cannot grasp great subjects. St. Jerome intelligence god mind An ethic is not an ethic, and a value not a value without somesacrifice for it. Something given up, something not gained. St. Jerome ethics sacrifice given That rain is the best which falls steadily on the earth. A sudden and excessive downpour ruins the fields. St. Jerome earth rain fall Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice. St. Jerome beast bird fall If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him. St. Jerome soul teaching jesus Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most. St. Jerome esteem catholic self-esteem