120 ordspråk av Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine föddes den
13 November 354 och dog den 28 August
430 - of Hippo from 396 to 430. One of the Latin Fathers of the Church.
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Hope has two beautiful daughters: their names are anger and courage. Anger that things are the way they are. Courage to make them the way they ought to be.
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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.
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I asked the whole frame of the world about my God; and he answered, 'I am not He, but He made me'.
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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
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I have learnt to love you late, Beauty at once so ancient and so new!
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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.
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I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.
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I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so
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I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so
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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.
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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
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If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.
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