Give me chastity and continency, but do not give it yet.
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An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized. For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride. 'What thou meanest by seizing the whole earth but because I do it with a petty ship, I am called a robber, whilst thou who dost it with a great fleet art styled emperor.'Saint Augustine of Hippo
Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest.... And of what consequence is it what kind of death puts an end to life, since he who has died once is not forced to go through the same ordeal a second time They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Imagine the vanity of thinking that your enemy can do you more damage than your enmity.
Saint Augustine of Hippo
If bodies please thee, praise God on occasion of them, and turn back thy love upon their Maker lest in these things which please thee, thou displease. If souls please thee, be they loved in God for they too are mutable, but in Him they are firmly established.
Saint Augustine of Hippo
If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself thereyou have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.
Saint Augustine of Hippo
When all is said and done, is there any more wonderful sight, any moment when man's reason is nearer to some sort of contact with the nature of the world than the sowing of seeds, the planting of cuttings, the transplanting of shrubs or the grafting of slips.
Saint Augustine of Hippo
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