Saint Augustine Quotes


It is salutary for us to learn to hold cheap such things, be they good or evil, as attach indifferently to good men and bad, and to covet those good things which belong only to good men, and flee those evils which belong only to evil men.


Citations

Augustine, Saint. The City of God. Translated by Marcus Dods, T. & T. Clark, 1871, p. 11.

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Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
  • Born: November 13, 0354
  • Died: August 28, 0430
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Saint

Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.