Quotes
Quotes - Augustine
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfection.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Not the punishment but the cause makes the martyr.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
None save great men have been the authors of great heresies.
The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. [Lat., Anima certe, quia spiritus, in sicco habitare non potest; ideo in sanguine fertur habitare.]
Bulls do not win bull fights. People do.
A child of those tears. [Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]
By-and-by has no end. [Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.]
The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. [Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa calcamus.]
The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
The verdict of the world is conclusive. [Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]
This world's a bubble.
