12 Quotes & Sayings By St Jerome

St. Jerome was born in Dalmatia, where he lived mostly at Ancona, Italy. St. Jerome is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin Read more

He translated the entire New Testament, but died before he could finish translating the Old Testament. His translation is called the Vulgate Bible, and is read throughout the world today. St.

Jerome is also famous for his commentaries on Scriptures, most notably his commentary on the Song of Solomon. He lived most of his life as a hermit at Bethlehem, Palestine, where he died around 420 AD.

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You censure this with difficulty because you have allowed it to become customary. St. Jerome
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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
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Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. St. Jerome
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Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best. St. Jerome
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Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night. St. Jerome
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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. St. Jerome
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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. St. Jerome
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True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks. St. Jerome
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The friendship that can cease has never been real. St. Jerome
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They talk like angels but they live like men. St. Jerome
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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. St. Jerome