858 Quotes by Saint Augustine

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    The ministry is a weight from which even an angel might shrink.

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    When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other’s flame.

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    Mary heard God’s word and kept it, and so she is blessed. She kept God’s truth in her mind, a nobler thing than carrying his body in her womb.

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    Two loves have made two different cities: self-love hath made a terrestrial city, which rises in contempt of God; and Divine Love hath made a celestial one, which rises in contempt of self. The former glories in itself – the latter in God.

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    What are kingdoms without justice? They’re just gangs of bandits.

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