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.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct...

Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct...

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose...

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose...

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous...

My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous...

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by...

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of...

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of...

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did...

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Will is to grace as the horse is to the rider.

Despise not yourselves, ye women; the Son of God was born of a woman.

Despise not yourselves, ye women; the Son of God was born of a woman.

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves...

We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves...

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as...

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as...

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but...

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but...

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like,...

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like,...

No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If...

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If...