Author: St. Jerome

Quotes

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.

- St. Jerome

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

- St. Jerome

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

- St. Jerome

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

- St. Jerome

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.

- St. Jerome

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

- St. Jerome

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.

- St. Jerome

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.

What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.

- St. Jerome

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

- St. Jerome

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