Non ergo accedas, si potes, nisi liberorum procreandorum causa." - Meaning and context.">
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So if you can manage it, you shouldn’t touch your partner, except for the sake of having children.
 • 278:9; translation from: The works of Saint Augustine, John E. Rotelle, New City Press, 1994, p. 55. http://books.google.com/books?id=5jswAAAAYAAJ&q=%22if+you+can+manage+it,+you+shouldn%E2%80%99t+touch+your+partner,+except+for+the+sake+of+having+children%22&dq=%22if+you+can+manage+it,+you+shouldn%E2%80%99t+touch+your+partner,+except+for+the+sake+of+having+children%22&hl=en&ei=dMJkTaOcCcGC8gah4IjmBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA
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Non ergo accedas, si potes, nisi liberorum procreandorum causa.

— Augustine of Hippo

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Non ergo accedas, si potes, nisi liberorum procreandorum causa." in the context of "So if you can manage it, you shouldn’t touch your partner, except for the sake of having children.
 • 278:9; translation from: The works of Saint Augustine, John E. Rotelle, New City Press, 1994, p. 55. http://books.google.com/books?id=5jswAAAAYAAJ&q=%22if+you+can+manage+it,+you+shouldn%E2%80%99t+touch+your+partner,+except+for+the+sake+of+having+children%22&dq=%22if+you+can+manage+it,+you+shouldn%E2%80%99t+touch+your+partner,+except+for+the+sake+of+having+children%22&hl=en&ei=dMJkTaOcCcGC8gah4IjmBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Augustine of Hippo" (Quotes, Sermons) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Augustine of Hippo

About Augustine of Hippo

St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Christian theologian, rhetor, North African bishop, Doctor of the Catholic Church, saint, and a philosopher influenced in his early years by Manichaeism and the Neo-Platonism of Plotinus.