To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.

Quote by Saint Augustine

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O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...

O Holy Spirit, descend plentifully into my heart. Enlighten the dark corners of this neglected...

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

The purpose of all wars...is peace.

Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Complete 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?

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

There is something in humility which strangely exalts the heart.

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

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

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...

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil...

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil...

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...

Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should, in fact, be...

Women should not be enlightened or educated in any way. They should, in fact, be...

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.

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...

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

The purpose of all wars, is peace.

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...

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are...

If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are...

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...

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

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

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.

Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt.