Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Quote by St Jerome

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Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better...

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better...

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

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

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

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

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

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

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

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

Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.

Love is an electric blanket with somebody else in control of the switch.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart,...

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart,...

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a...

Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a...

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.

Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price.