Quote #27

Charity is the root of all good works.

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More from Augustine of Hippo

  1. Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.
  2. We make a ladder of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
  3. Give then to the poor; I beg, I advise, I charge, I command you.
  4. Anger is a weed; hate is the tree.
  5. He who sings prays twice. (Qui cantat, bis orat)
  6. So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.
  7. The dove loves when it quarrels; the wolf hates when it flatters.
  8. Once for all, then, a short precept is given thee: Love, and do what thou wilt: whether thou hold thy peace, through love hold thy peace; w…

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