"For I am aware what ability is requisite to persuade the proud how great is the virtue of humility, which raises us, not by a quite human arrogance, but by a divine grace, above all earthly dignities that totter on this shifting scene."
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.