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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good rest
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.
holy-eucharist heaven trying
If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it was to teach us that it is dangerous to try to get to heaven without the Bread of Heaven.
funny-friendship cute-friendship long
A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.
grants offers asks
It is our part to seek, His to grant what we ask; ours to make a beginning, His to bring it to completion; ours to offer what we can, His to finish what we cannot.
purses hiding stores
Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
seasoning
Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.
dinner clergymen contempt
That clergyman soon becomes an object of contempt who being often asked out to dinner never refuses to go.
laziness neglect easier
It is easier to mend neglect than to quicken love.
brain purses way
What good is speed if the brain has oozed out on the way.
theft results committed
[O]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors.
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.
reflection enemy pace
The enemy of reflection is the breakneck pace - the thousand pictures.