is a saying of St Jerome, the patron saint of archaeologists, archivists, translators, libraries, librarians, Bible scholars, and students.
He is famous for translating the Bible from Greek into Latin, and for numerous scholarly writings.
Some quotations about the life of Jerome from Wikipedia:
As a student in Rome, he engaged in the superficial activities of students there, which he indulged in quite casually but suffered terrible bouts of repentance afterwards.
In Rome he was surrounded by a circle of well-born and well-educated women, including some from the noblest patrician families, such as the widows Lea, Marcella and Paula, with their daughters Blaesilla and Eustochium.
He showed more zeal and interest in the ascetic ideal than in abstract speculation.
And as his namesake and my good friend and brother has always maintained, he is also famous for pulling a thorn out of a lion's paw. Glad we've got that sorted out; we've been arguing about it for years. Here's a picture of St Jerome with a lion and a thorn.
I have to say that the life of the Jerome I know does not resemble that of the saint in many ways, but perhaps the Moorhensroad version will discover a passion for libraries in his later years.
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