Sentences

Sentences

The Four Books of Sentences (Libri Quattuor Sententiarum) is a book of theology written by Peter Lombard in the twelfth century. It is a systematic compilation of theology, written around 1150; it derives its name from the sententiae or authoritative statements on biblical passages that it gathered together.

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    “All trials are trials for one’s life, just as all sentences are sentences of death.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “I believe there’s no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences.”
    —Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)