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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Do you have any suggestions as to what Latin words Augustine may have been using. The 'expected' ones come up short. --V. K. Inman Quoting C Figueredo <[log in to unmask]>: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > Dear List Members, > > I am trying to find out whether a quotation belongs to Augustine of Hippo or > not. > It says something like: > "One of the thieves was saved, do not despair; one of the thieves was > damned, do not presume." (it is not exact, I'm sorry). > It appears in S Beckett's Waiting for Godot and it was Beckett himself who > attributed it to Augustine, but I can't find out the original quotation. > Does any of you know where it comes from? I'll appreciate your help. > > Very best, > Christina > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html