Quote #50
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Augustine of Hippo
- Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.
- Don't you believe that there is in man a deep [spirit] so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?
- By faithfulness we are collected and wound up into unity within ourselves, whereas we had been scattered abroad in multiplicity.
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
- Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.
- For what is faith unless it is to believe what you do not see?
- Singing is loving. (Cantare Amantis est)
- For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doub…