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We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.

~Saint Augustine

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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

~Saint Augustine

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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

~Saint Augustine

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If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.

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I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

~Saint Augustine

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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

~Saint Augustine

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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

~Saint Augustine

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Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.

~Saint Augustine

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