They talk like angels but they live like men.

Quote by St Jerome

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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,...

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...

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.

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...

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Virginity can be lost by a thought.

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...

Prayer is a groan.

Prayer is a groan.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks.

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.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.

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

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

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

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...

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

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

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

May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow...

May the sun always shine on your windowpane; May a rainbow be certain to follow...

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in...

The building of friendship, family, community and love is complicated. We are so isolated in...

Short judgments make long friends.

Short judgments make long friends.

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...

It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain...