Augustine quotes Virgil on sparing the humbled

Connection type: direct quotation · 2 passages

Augustine quotes Virgil's Aeneid 6 — 'spare the humbled, crush the proud' — in the preface to the City of God, and gives the Latin alongside it. Virgil's own line, in Anchises' speech, is shown beside it.

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“Show pity to the humbled soul, And crush the sons of pride. Virgil, Æneid, 6-854. [Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos]”

Augustine of Hippo — City of God · Preface, Explaining His Design in Undertaking This Work.

“To rule the nations. Thy great art shall be To keep the world in lasting peace, to spare humbled foe, and crush to earth the proud.” So did Anchises speak, then, after pause, Thus to their wondering ears his word prolonged:”

Virgil — Aeneid · Book 6

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War & politics, Poetry & drama

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