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> [“The world is a great book...they who never stir from home read only a page.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/the-world-is-a-great-book-they-who-never-stir-from-home-read-only-a/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

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## More by St. Augustine

> [“i understand that i understand”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/i-understand-that-i-understand/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“For it is one thing to see the Land of Peace from a wooded ridge, and yet another to walk the road that leads…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/for-it-is-one-thing-to-see-the-land-of-peace-from-a-wooded-ridge-and/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“What madness, to love a man as something more than human! I lived in a fever, convulsed with tears and sighs that allowed me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/what-madness-to-love-a-man-as-something-more-than-human-i-lived-in-a/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Sin, but sin boldly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/sin-but-sin-boldly/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“No eulogy is due to a man who simply does his duty and nothing more.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/no-eulogy-is-due-to-a-man-who-simply-does-his-duty-and-nothing-more/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“You can easily see what and endless, wearisome and fruitless task it would be if I were to refute all the unconsidered objections of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/you-can-easily-see-what-and-endless-wearisome-and-fruitless-task-it/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Our hearts have been made for you, O God, and they shall never rest until they rest in you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/our-hearts-have-been-made-for-you-o-god-and-they-shall-never-rest/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“This disease of curiosity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/this-disease-of-curiosity/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi. In interiore homine habitat veritas.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/noli-foras-ire-in-te-ipsum-redi-in-interiore-homine-habitat-veritas/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“Prayer is the key that opens heaven; the favors we ask descend upon us the very instant our prayers ascend to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/prayer-is-the-key-that-opens-heaven-the-favors-we-ask-descend-upon-us/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“My sin grew sleek on my excesses.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/my-sin-grew-sleek-on-my-excesses/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“In faith, unity, in doubtful matters, liberty, in all things charity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/in-faith-unity-in-doubtful-matters-liberty-in-all-things-charity/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“When I come across one or other of my fellow Christians ignorant of astronomy, believing what is not so, I calmly look on, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/when-i-come-across-one-or-other-of-my-fellow-christians-ignorant-of/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“To whatever the soul of man turns, unless toward God, it cleaves to sorrow, even though the things outside God and outside itself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/to-whatever-the-soul-of-man-turns-unless-toward-god-it-cleaves-to/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

> [“The world is a great book...they who never stir from home read only a page.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-augustine/the-world-is-a-great-book-they-who-never-stir-from-home-read-only-a/)

[St. Augustine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-augustine/)

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