Tag: Saint Augustine
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
Saint Augustine
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
Saint Augustine
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Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
Saint Augustine
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Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint Augustine
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I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
Saint Augustine
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Custom is second nature.
Saint Augustine
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
Saint Augustine
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Saint Augustine
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It seems to me that an unjust law is no law at all.
Saint Augustine
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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
Saint Augustine