Punishment is justice for the unjust.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

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

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

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the...

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the...

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...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness...

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

To seek the highest good is to live well.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests...

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests...

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...

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

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

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...

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be...