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Saint Augustine
The world is...
The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.
Source: In The...
To wisdom belongs...
To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things...
Faith is to...
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you...
If you would...
If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased...
Patience is the...
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Source: On Patience'
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God loves each...
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
Source: In The Speaker's...
Seek not to...
Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
Love, and do...
Love, and do what you like.
Source: In
This is the...
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
Source: In...
If two friends...
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two...
Men go abroad...
Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at...
God is more...
God is more truly imagined than expressed, and He exists more truly than He is imagined.
Miracles are not...
Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.
Indifferent acts are...
Indifferent acts are judged by their ends; sins are judged by themselves.
Source:...
The world's verdict...
The world's verdict is conclusive.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...
Understanding is the...
Understanding is the reward of faith.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...
Thou must be...
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art...
Not the punishment...
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Source: In The Speaker's...
No eulogy is...
No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
Source: In
There is something...
There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.
Source: The City...