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> [Virginity can be lost by a thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-jerome/virginity-can-be-lost-by-a-thought/)

[St. Jerome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-jerome/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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## 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/)

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