162 Quotes by St. Jerome

The Roman world is in collapse but we do not bend our neck.

He is rich enough who does not want bread.

Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.

To ignore Scripture is to ignore Christ.

Vanity is truly the motive power that moves humanity, and it is flattery that greases the wheels.

They please the world most, who please Christ least.

Honest speech does not seek secret places.

While truth is always bitter, pleasantness waits upon evildoing.

And as regards Adam and Eve we must maintain that before the fall they were virgins in Paradise: but after they sinned, and were cast out of Paradise, they were immediately married.