He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.

The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken...

The danger already exists that mathematicians have made a covenant with the devil to darken...

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...

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...

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

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...

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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

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

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

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

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs.

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of...

Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of...

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

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

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

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.

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,...

He that is jealous is not in love.

He that is jealous is not in love.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

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...

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Poverty makes you sad as well as wise.

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on...

Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on...