Quote #28

We make a ladder of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

More from Augustine of Hippo

  1. Charity is the root of all good works.
  2. Anger is a weed; hate is the tree.
  3. Therefore, give to the poor. I beg you, I admonish you, I charge you, I command you to give.
  4. He who sings prays twice. (Qui cantat, bis orat)
  5. Give then to the poor; I beg, I advise, I charge, I command you.
  6. The dove loves when it quarrels; the wolf hates when it flatters.
  7. He who created you without you will not justify you without you.
  8. So give to the poor; I'm begging you, I'm warning you, I'm commanding you, I'm ordering you.

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