--- title: "10 Ifs Quotes By St. Jerome" description: "10 Ifs quotes by St. Jerome. Plus more from St. Jerome and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/st-jerome-3227_enough_quick-enough-if-good-enough-2143535_2143535.png" --- > [Quick enough, if good enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/quick-enough-if-good-enough/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/st-jerome-3227_enough_quick-enough-if-good-enough-2143535_2143535.png) > [If a soul is not clothed with the teachings of the Church he cannot merit to have Jesus seated in him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-a-soul-is-not-clothed-with-the-teachings-of-the-church-he-cannot/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/st-jerome-3227_church_if-a-soul-is-not-clothed-with-the-teachi_3079074.png) > [ \[O\]pulence is always the result of theft, if not committed by the actual possessor, then by his predecessors. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/o-pulence-is-always-the-result-of-theft-if-not-committed-by-the/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/st-jerome-3227_committed_o-pulence-is-always-the-result-of-theft_777799.png) > [If there is but little water in the stream, it is the fault, not of the channel, but of the source.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-there-is-but-little-water-in-the-stream-it-is-the-fault-not-of-the/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/st-jerome-3227_abundance_if-there-is-but-little-water-in-the-stre_1151555.png) > [If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch a woman always and in every case.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-it-is-good-not-to-touch-a-woman-then-it-is-bad-to-touch-a-woman/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/207/st-jerome-3227_cases_if-it-is-good-not-to-touch-a-woman-then_1768636.png) > [Do not marvel at the novelty of the thing, if a Virgin gives birth to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/do-not-marvel-at-the-novelty-of-the-thing-if-a-virgin-gives-birth-to/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/st-jerome-3227_birth_do-not-marvel-at-the-novelty-of-the-thin_2989427.png) > [If Christ did not want to dismiss the Jews without food in the desert for fear that they would collapse on the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24c/st-jerome-3227_blessed-sacrament_if-christ-did-not-want-to-dismiss-the-je_233266.png) > [ If you call \[the synagogue\] a brothel, a den of vice, the devil's refuge, Satan's fortress, a place to deprave the soul,… ](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/st-jerome-3227_abyss_if-you-call-the-synagogue-a-brothel-a-de_428582.png) > [Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/strictly-speaking-one-should-not-even-rightly-compare-virginity-to/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e92/st-jerome-3227_compare_strictly-speaking-one-should-not-even-ri_2477763.png) > [If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/if-then-you-remain-constant-in-faith-in-the-face-of-trial-the-lord/) [St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/st-jerome-3227_constant_if-then-you-remain-constant-in-faith-in_2751479.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/st-jerome/#itemlist", "name": "10 Ifs Quotes By St. Jerome", "numberOfItems": 10, 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