- Saint | 347 - 420
Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the dying as on a battlefield.
St. Jerome
WarSurviveFriendsSeventyDead
Virginity can be lost by a thought.
ThoughtLostVirginity
I am like the sick sheep that strays from the rest of the flock. Unless the Good Shepherd takes me on His shoulders and carries me back to His fold, my steps will falter, and in the very effort of rising, my feet will give way.
GoodI AmEffortMeSickRest
A fat stomach never breeds fine thoughts.
ThoughtsFatNeverStomachFine
It is not enough for us to restrain from doing evil, unless we shall also do good.
GoodEvilDoingEnoughUsShall
My native land is a slave of heathenism, men's god is their belly, and they live only for the present. The richer a man, the holier.
LiveGodMenManPresentLand
Those who persevere in sin are those who are held in abhorrence by God, but those who abandon the ways of sin are loved by the Lord.
GodLovedSinLordPersevereWho
Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most.
BeautyMostAdorned
Act as if the maxim of your action were to become through your will a be general natural law.
LawActionWillBecomeThroughAct
Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
LifeDaughterHeartBookFirstHer
Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied.
DevilYouFindMayEngagedHe
Action without a name, a 'who' attached to it, is meaningless.
ActionNameWithoutMeaninglessWho
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