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61 " Do not wish to seem very devout nor more humble than need be, lest you seek glory by shunning it. For many, who screen from all men's sight their poverty, charity, and fasting, desire to excite admiration by their very disdain of it, and strangely seek for praise while they profess to keep out of its way. "
― Jerome , The Complete Works of Saint Jerome (13 Books): Cross-Linked to the Bible
62 " it is a thing much more worthy of admiration and praise to receive admonition meekly, than to admonish a transgressor boldly. "
63 " Envy always follows in the track of virtue: as Horace says, it is ever the mountain top that is smitten by the lightning. "
64 " he desired so to deliver them from that error as if he saw not them, but himself, entangled in it; thus truly loving his neighbour as himself, and doing to others as he would have others do to him if he required their help—a duty to the statement of which our Lord added these words, " This is the law and the prophets. " [ Matthew 7: 12 ] "
65 " To go about without a linen scarf on is nothing: what is praiseworthy is to be without money to buy one. It is disgraceful and absurd to boast of having neither napkin nor handkerchief and yet to carry a well-filled purse. "
66 " self-confidence is the worst of teachers—but from the church's most famous writers. "
67 " whether the victory be won in peace or in war, God gives the same reward to those who win it. "
68 " The rude and simple brother must not suppose himself a saint just because he knows nothing; and he who is educated and eloquent must not measure his saintliness merely by his fluency. "
69 " There is no cruelty in regard for God's honour. "
70 " Why should I strive to swim against the current, and not rather ask pardon? "
71 " The art of interpreting the scriptures is the only one of which all men everywhere claim to be masters. "
72 " you will know that it is a more difficult work to reject the opinion of others than to establish your own. "
73 " It is much better to take a little every day than some days to abstain wholly and on others to surfeit oneself. "
74 " Exchange your love of necklaces and of gems and of silk dresses for earnestness in studying the scriptures. "