Author: St. Jerome

Quotes

Those who persevere in sin are those who are held in abhorrence by God, but those who abandon the ways of sin are loved by the Lord.

Those who persevere in sin are those who are held in abhorrence by God, but those who abandon the ways of sin are loved by the Lord.

- 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

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

- St. Jerome

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

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

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

- 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

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

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

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

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