Quote #18
The scars of others should teach us caution.
More from St. Jerome
- The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
- When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting.
- Sometimes the character of the mistress is inferred from the dress of her maids.
- Small minds can never handle great themes.
- Even brute beasts and wandering birds do not fall into the same traps or nets twice.
- Every day we are changing, every day we are dying, and yet we fancy ourselves eternal.
- It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
- Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once woll has been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?