Memory tempers prosperity, mitigates adversity, controls youth, and delights old age.

Quote by Lactantius

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Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.

Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent,...

For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent,...

But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.

But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession.

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge...

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge...

When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in...

When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in...

Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other...

Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other...

But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in...

But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in...

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment...

Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment...

There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that...

There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that...

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the...

Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the...

Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing...

Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing...

But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those...

But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those...

Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote...

Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote...

The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their...

The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their...

It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for...

It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for...

For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to...

For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to...

Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters...

Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters...

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to...

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to...

The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled...

The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled...