162 Quotes by St. Jerome

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Quick enough, if good enough.

The truly miserable have a timbre in their voices strong enough to erase smiles from the faces and souls of the contented.

The most base of men can be civilized through suffering.

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

Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?

Small minds can never handle great themes.

Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids.

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