They the hazers or eversores were rightly called Overturners, since they had themselves been first overturned and perverted, tricked by those same devils who were secretly mocking them in the very acts by which they amused themselves in mocking and making fools of others.
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AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO The Greeks think they justly honor players, because they worship the gods who demand plays; the Roma... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO 17. He thought that thus fear would act as a curb on lust, and that lust being curbed would not run ... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO For why in your calamities do you complain of Christianity, unless because you desire to enjoy your ... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see i... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO As Christians, our task is to make daily progress toward God. Our pilgrimage on earth is a school in... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Our wound is serious, but the Physician is all-powerful. Does it seem to you so small a mercy that, ... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO There is no sin unless through a man's own will, and hence the reward when we do right things also o... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Why do you object to war? Surely not, because men, who eventually die anyway, are killed in war? St AUGUSTINE HIPPO Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity. AUGUSTINE HIPPO Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, an... AUGUSTINE HIPPO Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of ... AUGUSTINE HIPPO Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be goo... ST. AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not... SAINT AUGUSTINE Custom is second nature. SAINT AUGUSTINE The verdict of the world is conclusive. SAINT AUGUSTINE He who labours, prays. SAINT AUGUSTINE Grant what thou commandest and then command what thou wilt. SAINT AUGUSTINE Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires. SAINT AUGUSTINE If I am given a formula, and I am ignorant of its meaning, it cannot teach me anything, but if I alr... SAINT AUGUSTINE I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within. SAINT AUGUSTINE Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it... SAINT AUGUSTINE No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more. SAINT AUGUSTINE The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood. SAINT AUGUSTINE The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling? SAINT AUGUSTINE Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof t... SAINT AUGUSTINE If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe. SAINT AUGUSTINE We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. SAINT AUGUSTINE We cannot pass our guardian angel's bounds, resigned or sullen, he will hear our sighs. SAINT AUGUSTINE There is no possible source of evil except good. SAINT AUGUSTINE The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not po... SAINT AUGUSTINE A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. SAINT AUGUSTINE Hear the other side. SAINT AUGUSTINE Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of h... SAINT AUGUSTINE To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it. SAINT AUGUSTINE Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation... SAINT AUGUSTINE The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to... SAINT AUGUSTINE God is best known in not knowing him. SAINT AUGUSTINE The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without cea... SAINT AUGUSTINE My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of se... SAINT AUGUSTINE To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation. SAINT AUGUSTINE If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. SAINT AUGUSTINE To seek the highest good is to live well. SAINT AUGUSTINE The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. SAINT AUGUSTINE