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Quotation from Confessions by Augustine of Hippo

“Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! too late I loved Thee”

Augustine of Hippo

Confessions, Book X.27, trans. E. B. Pusey (1838)

Portrait of Augustine of Hippo

Augustine laments the years he sought God in outward things rather than within.

Citation: "Too late loved I Thee, O Thou Beauty of ancient days, yet ever new! too late I loved Thee" — Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Book X.27, trans. E. B. Pusey (1838). (id confessions-q6)

Virtues: Charity

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

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