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.
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.
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.