Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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The purpose of all wars...is peace.

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of...

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of...

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil...

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil...

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life...

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life...

Love, and do what you like.

Love, and do what you like.

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need;...

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

There is no possible source of evil except good.

There is no possible source of evil except good.

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which...

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which...

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.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

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

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

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

I want my friend to miss me as long as I miss him.

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had...

By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had...

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.