Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may a... -St. Jerome

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Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed.

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St. Jerome Quotes to Explore

Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best....
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...
Marriage is good for those who are afraid to sleep alone at night....
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, m...
Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best....
Beauty when unadorned is adorned the most....
Keep doing some kind of work, that the devil may always find you employed....
Love is not to be purchased, and affection has no price....
True friendship ought never to conceal what it thinks....
The friendship that can cease has never been real....

Work Quotes to Explore

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work....
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around....
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it....
It is better to imitate ancient than modern work....
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success....
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work....
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard....
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're ...
Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you ...
I'm just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all the nutritionists who say you need to do this or n...