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Art Quotes by Saint Augustine
- Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.
- Longing desire prayeth always, though the tongue be silent. If thou art ever longing, thou art ever praying.
- There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself…
- Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have…
- 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…
- 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…
- Furthermore, what profit was it to me that I, rascally slave of selfish ambitions that I was, read and understood by myself as many books…
- Lord, who art always the same, give that I know myself, give that I know Thee.
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