What is anger? A lust for revenge. What is hatred? An anger grown old.
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Quid est ira? Libido vindictae. Quid est odium? Ira inveterata.
— Augustine of Hippo
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Quid est ira? Libido vindictae. Quid est odium? Ira inveterata." in the context of "What is anger? A lust for revenge. What is hatred? An anger grown old.
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Source: Wikiquote: "Augustine of Hippo" (Quotes, Sermons)
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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.
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.
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