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(Roman Catholic Church) one of the great Fathers of the early Christian Church whose major work was his translation of the Scriptures from Hebrew and Greek into Latin (which became the Vulgate); a saint and Doctor of the Church (347-420)
Poems List
Total de poemas: 13
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The line, often adopted by
The line, often adopted by strong men in controversy, of justifying the means by the end.
👁️ 35
Never look a gift horse
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
👁️ 28
It is worse still to
It is worse still to be ignorant of your ignorance.
👁️ 42
No athlete is crowned but
No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of his brow.
👁️ 36
The scars of others should
The scars of others should teach us caution.
👁️ 37
The fact is that my
The fact is that my native land is a prey to barbarism, that in it men's only God is their belly, that they live only for the present, and that the richer a man is the holier he is held to be.
👁️ 33
Do not let your deeds
Do not let your deeds belie your words, lest when you speak in church someone may say to himself, 'Why do you not practice what you preach'
👁️ 57
The face is the mirror
The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.
👁️ 43
A fat paunch never breeds
A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.
👁️ 59
An unstable pilot steers a
An unstable pilot steers a leaking ship, and the blind is leading the blind straight to the pit. The ruler is like the ruled.
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