| 12 Famous Quotes by Saint Aurelius Augustine
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“God is best known in not knowing him.
[Ger., Deus scitur melius nesciendo.]”
God Quotes Source: De Ordine (II, 16)
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“Now he [Nebridius] lives in Abraham's bosom.
[Lat., Nunc ille vivit in sinu Abraham.]”
Heaven Quotes Source: Confessions (bk. IX, 3)
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“The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried
along to dwell in the blood.
[Lat., Anima certe, quia spiritus, in sicco habitare non potest;
ideo in sanguine fertur habitare.]”
Soul Quotes Source: Decretum (IX, 32, 2)
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“The verdict of the world is conclusive.
[Lat., Securus judicat orbis terrarum.]”
World Quotes Source: Contra Epist. Parmen. (III, 24)
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“This world's a bubble.”
World Quotes Source: Contra Epist. Parmen. (III, 24)
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“By-and-by has no end.
[Lat., Modo, et modo, non habebent modum.]”
Time Quotes Source: Confessions (bk. VIII, 5, 12)
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“From many to make one.
[Lat., Ex pluribus unum facere.]”
America Quotes Source: Confessions (bk. IV, 8, 13)
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“He fashioned hell for the inquisitive.
[Lat., Curiosis fabricavit inferos.]”
Hell Quotes Source: Confessions (bk. XI, ch. XII)
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“The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it
passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
[Lat., Spiritalis enim virtus sacramenti ita est ut lux: etsi
per immundos transeat, non inquinatur.]”
Corruption Quotes Source: Works (vol. III)
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“We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those
same vices underfoot.
[Lat., De vitiis nostris scalam nobis facimus, si vitia ipsa
calcamus.]”
Vice Quotes Source: Sermon 3--De Ascensione
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“A child of those tears.
[Lat., Filius istarum lacrymarum.]”
Tears Quotes Source: Confessions (bk. III, 12)
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“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?”
Formula Quotes Source: De Magistro (ch. X, 23)
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Saint Aurelius Augustine Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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