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Saint Aurelius Augustine
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The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Light
#Virtue
#Spiritual
Bad company is like a nail driven into a post, which, after the first and second blow, may be drawn out with little difficulty; but being once driven up to the head, the pincers cannot take hold to draw it out, but which can only be done by the destruction of the wood.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Being
#May
#First
#Difficulty
#Destruction
#Post
#Company
#Wood
Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Accomplishment
Custom is second nature.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Nature
#Custom
God is best known in not knowing him.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#God
He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Hell
He who labours, prays.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I already know it what does the formula teach me?
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Meaning
#Formula
In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Duty
#Praise
Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Guilt
#Tears
The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#World
The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Spirit
#Soul
#Blood
The verdict of the world is conclusive.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#World
This world's a bubble.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#World
We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#Vices
The purpose of all war is peace.
Saint Aurelius Augustine,
#War
#Peace
#Purpose