St. Jerome
St. Jerome
Jeromewas a presbyter, confessor, theologian and historian. He was the son of Eusebius, born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia, then part of northeastern Italy. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin, and his commentaries on the Gospels. His list of writings is extensive...
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purple mind wool
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
brain purses way
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.
practice practice-what-you-preach
Why do you not practice what you preach.
theft results committed
[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.
athlete sweat brows
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
marriage unions praise
I praise wedlock, I praise marital union, but only because they produce me virgins.
haste enough good-enough
Quick enough, if good enough.
catholic doubt favors
Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.
arrows stones care
No one cares to speak to an unwilling listener. An arrow never lodges in a stone: often it recoils upon the sender of it.
land tyrants people
Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets.
confused order confusion
My speech is too fast; my oration confused; love knows no order.
catholic devil haste
Haste is of the Devil.
reflection enemy pace
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace - the thousand pictures.