Saint Augustine

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is? ↗

— Saint Augustine

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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. ↗

— Saint Augustine

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