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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

Saint Augustine

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I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love. I sought what I might love, in love with loving.
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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
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Miracles are not contrary to nature but only contrary to what we know about nature.
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Unhappy is the soul enslaved by the love of anything that is mortal.
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Do what you can and pray for what you cannot yet do.
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If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.
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Two criminals were crucified with Christ. One was saved; do not despair. One was not; do not presume.
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Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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If God seems slow in responding, it is because He is preparing a better gift.
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Some people, in order to discover God, read books.
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The cost of obedience is small compared with the cost of disobedience.
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Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a teardrop.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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I was in misery, and misery is the state of every soul overcome by friendship with mortal things and lacerated when they are lost.
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In my deepest wound I saw your glory, and it dazzled me.
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