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People Quotes by Saint Augustine
- People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast…
- Remember this. When people choose to withdraw far from a fire, the fire continues to give warmth, but they grow cold. When people choose to…
- 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…
- A brotherly person rejoices on my account when he approves me, but when he disapproves, he is loving me. To such people I will reveal…
- AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In…
- The people who remained victorious were less like conquerors than conquered.
- Consequently, if the republic is the weal of the people, and there is no people if it be not associated by a common acknowledgment of…
- When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.
- People travel to marvel at the mountains, seas, rivers and stars and they pass right by themselves without astonishment.
- God's faithful servant has no desire for people to say or to give to him, or what he likes to hear or see, for his…
- What then, is correctness of speech but the maintenance of the practice of others, as established by the authority of ancient speakers? But the weaker…
- We enjoy some gratification when our good friends die; for though their death leaves us in sorrow, we have the consolatory assurance that they are…
- When people truly open their minds, and contemplate the way in which the universe is ordered and governed, they are amazed-overwhelmed by a sense of…
- Some people, in order to discover God, read books. But there is a great book: the very appearance of created things. Look above you! Look…
- In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
- 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…
- Let the Lord your God be your hope – seek for nothing else from him, but let him himself be your hope. There are people…
- Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such…
- People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at…
More People Quotes
- We don't need youth museums. But we do need holy young people. — Pope Francis
- Most important thing in life is to keep moving irrespective of the facts that you r hurt u r broken or betrayed… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- We construct a narrative for ourselves, and that's the thread that we follow from one day to the next. People who disintegrate… — Paul Auster
- Whenever u get hurt from those people whom u love most don't blame them, fault is not their its your fault that… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes