St. Jerome

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of…

— St. Jerome

The eating of meat was unknown up to the big flood, but since the flood they have put the strings and stinking…

— St. Jerome

The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.

— St. Jerome

Small minds can never handle great themes.

— St. Jerome

Without doubt, the Lord grants all favors which are asked of Him in Mass, provided they be fitting for us.

— St. Jerome

Matrimony is always a vice, all that can be done is to excuse it and sanctify it; therefore it was made a…

— St. Jerome

To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.

— St. Jerome

Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one…

— St. Jerome

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

— St. Jerome

Make knowledge of the Scripture your love ... Live with them, meditate on them, make them the sole object of your knowledge…

— St. Jerome

The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.

— St. Jerome

Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.

— St. Jerome

A man who is well grounded in the testimonies of the Scripture is the bulwark of the Church.

— St. Jerome

Neither Britain, a land fertile in tyrants, nor the people of Ireland, knew Moses and the prophets.

— St. Jerome

That clergyman soon becomes an object of contempt who being often asked out to dinner never refuses to go.

— St. Jerome

Out of one hundred thousand sinners who continue in sin until death, scarcely one will be saved.

— St. Jerome

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

— St. Jerome

The friendship that can cease has never been real.

— St. Jerome

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies!

— St. Jerome

If then you remain constant in faith in the face of trial, the Lord will give you peace and rest for a…

— St. Jerome

Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, "Why do you…

— St. Jerome

When we pray we speak to God; but when we read, God speaks to us.

— St. Jerome

Thank God I am deemed worthy to be hated by the world.

— St. Jerome

Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.

— St. Jerome

There are things in life that are bigger than ourselves. Life is short, live it well.

— St. Jerome