- Saint | 354 - 430
Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint Augustine
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This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
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Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
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Seek not to understand that you may believe, but believe that you may understand.
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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
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What I needed most was to love and to be loved, eager to be caught. Happily I wrapped those painful bonds around me; and sure enough, I would be lashed with the red-hot pokers or jealousy, by suspicions and fear, by burst of anger and quarrels.
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The purpose of all wars, is peace.
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Love is the beauty of the soul.
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Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.
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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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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
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