"For as the same fire causes gold to glow brightly, and chaff to smoke; and under the same flail the straw is beaten small, while the grain is cleansed; and as the lees are not mixed with the oil, though squeezed out of the vat by the same pressure, so the same violence of affliction proves, purges, clarifies the good, but damns, ruins, exterminates the wicked. And thus it is that in the same affliction the wicked detest God and blaspheme, while the good pray and praise."

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About Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo was an early Christian theologian and philosopher who served as bishop of Hippo Regius. His works, including Confessions and The City of God, had major influence on Christian theology and Western thought.

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