Latin quotes by Augustine

Saint Augustine (354-430 AD), Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

Aurelius Augustinus

His most important work is Confessions published in 401.

1. Ama Deum et fac quod vis - Love God and do what you want (Augustine)
2. Animus hominis est inmortalis corpus mortale - The human soul is immortal, the body is mortal (Augustine)
3. Bene curris, sed extra viam - You run well, but you are out of the path (Augustine)
4. Credo ut intelligam - I believe so that I may understand (Augustine)
5. De civitate Dei - The City of God (One of Augustine of Hippo's master pieces)
6. Deum et animam scire cupio; nihil aliud - I want to know God and the soul, nothing more (Augustine)
7. Deus cui hoc est natura quod fecerit - God is like the nature He made (Augustine - Opera Omnia)
8. Deus est qui omnem mundum regit - God is who governs the entire world (Augustine)
9. Etsi homines falles deum tamen fallere non poteris - Although you can deceive men, you will not be able to deceive God (Augustine)
10. In aere aedificare - Built in the air (Augustine)
11. In necesariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus caritas - In certain things unity, in doubtful things liberty, in all things charity (Augustine
12. Intelligo me intelligere - I understand. that I understand (St. Augustine)
13. Nec ego ipse capio totum, quod sum - Not even I understand everything I am (Augustine)
14. Nemo est tam stultus quin credat Deum esse - Nobody is so foolish not believe God exists (Augustine)
15. Nisi credideritis, non intelligetis - Unless you will have believed, you will not understand (Augustine)
16. Noli foras ire, in teipsum reddi; in interiore homine habitat veritas - Dont' lose your self, return to you, inside of you lives the truth (Augustine)
17. Non intratur in veritatem, nisi per caritatem - No one enters the truth, with out love (Augustine)
18. Nulla potestas nisi a Deo - All power comes through God (Augustine, who tried to legitimize the power of the church through the divinity of God, explaining that both the kings and the church had their powers given by God)

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