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St. Jerome

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Quotes by St. Jerome

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To be a Christian is a great thing, not merely to seem one. And somehow or other those please the world most who please Christ least.
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To be a Christian is a great thing, not merely to seem one. And somehow or other those please the world most who please Christ least.
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. The friendship that can cease has never been real.
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. The friendship that can cease has never been real.
No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
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No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the shooter of it.
The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
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The Scriptures are shallow enough for a babe to come and drink without fear of drowning and deep enough for theologians to swim in without ever reaching the bottom.
Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
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Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ.
A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
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A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.
It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love.
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It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love.
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. Good Afternoon.
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Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. Good Afternoon.
A friendship that can cease has never been real.
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A friendship that can cease has never been real.
I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.
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I am that prodigal son who wasted all the portion entrusted to me by my father. But I have not yet fallen at my father's knees. I have not yet begun to put away from me the enticements of my former riotous living.
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