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Nor Quotes by Saint Augustine
- A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
- The custom of Mother Church in baptizing infants is certainly not to be scorned, nor is it to be regarded in any way as superfluous,…
- It is better to be cured in the Church than to be cut off from this Body as incurable ... for, as long as the…
- He who loves the coming of the Lord is not he who affirms that it is far off, nor is it he who says it…
- Let us therefore yield ourselves and bow to the authority of the Holy Scriptures, which can neither err nor deceive.
- Without the Spirit we can neither love God nor keep His commandments.
- There is no love without hope, no hope without love, and neither love nor hope without faith.
- For why, my brothers and sisters, would you rejoice in silver? Either your silver will perish, or you will, and no one knows which will…
- For great are you, Lord, and you look kindly on what is humble, but the lofty-minded you regard from afar. Only to those whose hearts…
- Someone who knows enough to become the owner of a tree, and gives thanks to you for the benefits it brings him, is in a…
- You have been professing yourself reluctant to throw off your load of illusion because truth was uncertain. Well, it is certain now, yet the burden…
- Give me yourself, O my God, give yourself back to me. Lo, I love you, but if my love is too mean, let me love…
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- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
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- Prayer is not intended to change God's purpose, nor is it to move Him to form fresh purposes. God has decreed that… — Arthur W. Pink
- It [sin] cannot occur at any time nor in any form without his permission. While he does not actively originate it, he… — James Petigru Boyce
- Freedom is not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is,… — Henry Steele Commager
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson