Virginity can be lost by a thought.

Quote by St Jerome

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Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

Ignorance of scripture is ignorance of Christ.

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...

The scars of others should teach us caution.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

Why do you not practice what you preach.

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

A friendship that can cease has never been real.

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...

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

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

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.

Haste is of the Devil.

Haste is of the Devil.

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

Hypocrite reader - my fellow - my brother!

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...

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...

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...

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!

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.

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.

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,...

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace...

Be at peace with your own soul, then heaven and earth will be at peace...

They talk like angels but they live like men.

They talk like angels but they live like men.

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

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