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Quotation from Confessions by Augustine of Hippo

“At this grief my heart was utterly darkened; and whatever I beheld was death”

Augustine of Hippo

Confessions, Book IV.4, trans. E. B. Pusey (1838)

Portrait of Augustine of Hippo

Augustine describes his response to the death of a close friend in Thagaste.

Citation: "At this grief my heart was utterly darkened; and whatever I beheld was death" — Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book IV.4, trans. E. B. Pusey (1838). (id confessions-q3)

Portrait: Saint Augustine Alternative title: Saint Augustin, Philippe de Champaigne, Public domain.

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