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“[S]ome sins are forgiven in this world, and some other may be pardoned in the next: for that which is denied concerning one sin, is consequently understood to be granted touching some other.”
― The Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great
― The Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great
“Education does not deliver us always from evil. Education could conceivably make clever devils instead of stupid ones. If we had to choose between the two, we would prefer the stupid devils.”
― Life Is Worth Living
― Life Is Worth Living
“When the spirit of innovation becomes regarded with popular favor, it is scarcely possible to arrest its progress. Inflated as it always is with arrogance, it contemns the institutions of the Fathers, and enacts laws of its own. It even despises the theological doctrines of antiquity, and seeks out zealously a new form of religion of its own devising.”
― The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen: From AD 324 to AD 425
― The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen: From AD 324 to AD 425
“To insure the stability of imperial power, it is sufficient for an emperor to serve God with reverence.”
― The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen: From AD 324 to AD 425
― The Ecclesiastical History of Sozomen: From AD 324 to AD 425
“Whether well or not, I do not know. But know that you have cut off your right hand with your left. [A Roman Senator to Valentinian III after the latter had murdered the general Aetius.]”
― The Fragmentary History of Priscus: Attila, the Huns and the Roman Empire, AD 430-476
― The Fragmentary History of Priscus: Attila, the Huns and the Roman Empire, AD 430-476
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