Quote of Augustine of Hippo - For if I am deceived, I...

Biography - Augustine of Hippo:

Christian theologian and philosopher.
Born: 354 - Died: 430
Period:
5th century
4th century
Place of birth: Algeria
Algeria

For if I am deceived, I am.

Augustine of Hippo - The City of God

to be

Translation

(French, German, Latin)

Car si je me trompe, je suis.

Augustin d'Hippone - La Cité de Dieu

Selbst wenn ich mich täusche, bin ich.

Augustinus von Hippo - De civitate Dei

Si enim fallor, sum.

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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.

Michel de Montaigne - Essays /

To be, or not to be, that is the question.

William Shakespeare - The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark /

Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.

Niccolo Machiavelli /

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Become who you are!

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zarathustra /

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I also am other than what I imagine myself to be. To know this is forgiveness.

Simone Weil /

Language is the house of the truth of Being.

Martin Heidegger /

All for "to be" or about being...

Augustine of Hippo also said...

Patience is the companion of wisdom.

Augustine of Hippo - De patientia /

Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

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Love, and do what you will.

Augustine of Hippo - Homilies on the First Epistle of John /

Nor is it right to say there are three times: past, present and future. Perhaps it would be more correct to say: there are three times: a present of things past, a present of things present, a present of things future.

Augustine of Hippo - Confessions /

Custom is second nature.

Augustine of Hippo /

habit

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

Augustine of Hippo - Confessions /

time

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