Saint Augustine. 354-430. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Saint Augustine. (354–430)

When I am here, I do not fast on Saturday; when at Rome, I do fast on Saturday. 1

Epistle 36. To Casulanus.

The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light,—although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. 2

Works. Vol. iii. In Johannis Evangelum, c. tr. 5, Sect. 15.

Note 1.
See Burton, Quotation 87. [back]

Note 2.
See Bacon, Quotation 44. [back]