BOOK IV. XIII. 22-24
other things of the sort. Remember, therefore, in general, that confidences require faithfulness and faithful judgements; and where can one readily find these things nowadays?[1] Or, let someone show me the man who is so minded that he can say, "I care only for what is my own, what is not subject to hindrance, what is by nature free. This, which is the true nature of the good, I have; but let everything else be as God has granted, it makes no difference to me."
- ↑ Cf. "When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" (Luke xviii. 8).
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