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Ought Quotes by Saint Augustine
- In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.
- Everyone who observes himself doubting observes a truth, and about that which he observes he is certain; therefore he is certain about a truth. Everyone…
- Cyprian was not issuing a new decree but was keeping to the most solid belief of the Church in order to correct some who thought…
- The customs of God's people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw contempt on the customs…
- Whoever, then, thinks that he understands the Holy Scriptures, or any part of them, but puts such an interpretation upon them as does not tend…
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- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought… — Teresa of Avila
- It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he… — Charles Babbage
- There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with… — John Adams
- Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him. — Thomas Aquinas