Quote #5

Si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more; Si fueris alibi, vivito sicut ibi.

More from Ambrose

  1. When I am at Rome, I fast on a Saturday; when I am at Milan, I do not. Follow the custom of the church where you are.
  2. In some causes silence is dangerous; so if any know of conspiracies against their country or king, or any that might greatly prejudice thei…
  3. It did not please God to save his people through dialectic.
  4. The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
  5. It is not death therefore that is burdensome, but the fear of death.
  6. Accordingly, death is a harbor of peace for the just, but is believed a shipwreck for the wicked.

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