5 Quotes by St. Jerome about men

  • Author St. Jerome
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    A false interpretation of Scripture causes that the gospel of the Lord becomes the gospel of man, or, which is worse, of the devil.

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

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    For all riches come from iniquity, and unless one were to lose another could not gain. Hence the common adage seems to me to be very true: The rich man is unjust or the heir of an unjust one.

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    Avoid, as you would the plague, a clergyman who is also a man of business.

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    Everything has its drawbacks, as the man said when his mother-in-law died, and they came down upon him for the funeral expenses.

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