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Early Christianity13 quotes
When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. — St. Jerome · 395A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept. — St. Jerome · 374Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price. — St. Jerome · 374No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow. — St. Jerome · 374Christians are not born, but made. — St. Jerome · 403The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart. — St. Jerome · 394All 13 quotes →