St. Augustine of Hippo
Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher
Lived from: 354-430
Category: Philosophers
Quotes: St. Augustine of Hippo
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St. Augustine of Hippo
+1He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
+1The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Forgiveness is the remission of sins. For it is by this that what has been lost, and was found, is saved from being lost again.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
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St. Augustine of Hippo
0Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
