--- title: "2 Chastity Quotes By St. Jerome" description: "2 Chastity quotes by St. Jerome. Plus more from St. Jerome and more Chastity sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/st-jerome-3227_body_either-we-must-speak-as-we-dress-or-dres_747366.jpg" --- > [Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. Why do we profess one thing and display another? The tongue talks of chastity, but the whole body reveals impurity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/either-we-must-speak-as-we-dress-or-dress-as-we-speak-why-do-we/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/st-jerome-3227_body_either-we-must-speak-as-we-dress-or-dres_747366.jpg) > [For the preservation of chastity, an empty and rumbling stomach and fevered lungs are indispensable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/for-the-preservation-of-chastity-an-empty-and-rumbling-stomach-and/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f60/st-jerome-3227_chastity_for-the-preservation-of-chastity-an-empt_1928210.png) ## Other authors on Chastity - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/william-shakespeare/) - [Saint Augustine 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/saint-augustine/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-michel-de-montaigne-67580.jpg) Michel de Montaigne 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/michel-de-montaigne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-francois-de-la-rochefoucauld-146.jpg) Francois de La Rochefoucauld 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/francois-de-la-rochefoucauld/) - [C. S. Lewis 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/c-s-lewis/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-milton-51960.jpg) John Milton 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/john-milton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/henry-david-thoreau/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-santayana-37964.jpg) George Santayana 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/george-santayana/) ## More by St. Jerome > [Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/wine-is-the-first-weapon-that-devils-use-in-attacking-the-young/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-roman-world-is-in-collapse-but-we-do-not-bend-our-neck/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/and-as-regards-adam-and-eve-we-must-maintain-that-before-the-fall/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/when-the-stomach-is-full-it-is-easy-to-talk-of-fasting/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Music to me is a voice, my voice, it's my way of expressing what colours can I bring in, what emotions, what feel. What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/music-to-me-is-a-voice-my-voice-it-s-my-way-of-expressing-what/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/everything-must-have-in-it-a-sharp-seasoning-of-truth/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [The best advice that I can give you is this: Church-traditions- especially when they do not run counter to the faith- are to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/the-best-advice-that-i-can-give-you-is-this-church-traditions/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Woman is the gate of the devil, the road to iniquity, the sting of the scorpion, in a word, a dangerous species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/woman-is-the-gate-of-the-devil-the-road-to-iniquity-the-sting-of-the/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the way, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-christ-did-not-want-to-dismiss-the-jews-without-food-in-the-desert/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [For it is good to cleave to God, and to put our hopes in the Lord, so that, when we have exchanged this poor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/for-it-is-good-to-cleave-to-god-and-to-put-our-hopes-in-the-lord-so/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [When I could not see the light with my blind eyes, I blamed not my eyes, but the sun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/when-i-could-not-see-the-light-with-my-blind-eyes-i-blamed-not-my/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/instead-of-speaking-saintly-words-we-must-act-them/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [Honest speech does not seek secret places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/honest-speech-does-not-seek-secret-places/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [It is no fault of Christianity that a hypocrite falls into sin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/it-is-no-fault-of-christianity-that-a-hypocrite-falls-into-sin/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) > [ If you call \[the synagogue\] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul, an abyss… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-you-call-the-synagogue-a-brothel-a-den-of-vice-the-devil-s-refuge/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastity/st-jerome/#itemlist", "name": "2 Chastity Quotes By St. Jerome", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Either we must speak as we dress, or dress as we speak. 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