Quotes by Augustine of Hippo, The City of God

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A community is nothing else than a harmonious collection of individuals. — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
All these last offices and ceremonies that concern the dead, the careful funeral arrangements, and the equipment of the — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
The end of life puts the longest life on a par with the shortest. — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
For every man, however laudably he lives, yet yields in some points to the lust of the flesh. — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
For as the same fire causes gold to glow brightly, and chaff to smoke; and under the same flail the straw is beaten smal — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
The good man is neither uplifted with the good things of time, nor broken by its ills; but the wicked man, because he is — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
To the divine providence it has seemed good to prepare in the world to come for the righteous good things, which the unr — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
For I am aware what ability is requisite to persuade the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God
Indeed, the only cause of their [Rome] perishing was that they chose for their protectors gods condemned to perish. — Augustine of Hippo, The City of God