- Saint | 354 - 430
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
Saint Augustine
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Hear the other side.
SideHearOther
Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.
CommandGrantThouThenWilt
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
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If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
I AmMeMeaningKnowTeachIgnorant
If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.
BelieveRationalWouldAbleSouls
The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
ReligionChristianNowTrueSame
Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
GoodBeautyGodGreatGiftThink
Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.
HeartGreatSoulManFeelingPlay
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
LifeGoodLiveLivesTimesAlso
Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
ManBelieveDeepYouHiddenHim
Custom is second nature.
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