Although it must be conceded that by now the city in Florida (the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the U.S. – established ARSH 1565) is pronounced in the corrupted way – Saint OG-us-teen. The mispronunciation is too entrenched when referring to the city in Florida. Alas.
Enjoy just a tiny sample of the wisdom of one of the four great Doctors and Fathers of the Church, St. Augustine of Hippo.
“To be under pressure is inescapable. Pressure takes place through all the world; war, siege, the worries of state. We all know men who grumble under these pressures and complain. They are cowards. They lack splendour. But there is another sort of man who is under the same pressure but does not complain, for it is the friction which polishes him. It is the pressure which refines and makes him noble.”
“Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.”
“Truth is not private property.”
“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
“God provides the wind, Man must raise the sail.”
“Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger at the way things are, and Courage to see that they do not remain as they are.”
