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> [“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. If that is too much for you, you should at least read one old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/it-is-a-good-rule-after-reading-a-new-book-never-to-allow-yourself/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

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## More by Athanasius

> [The Son of God became man so that we might become God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/the-son-of-god-became-man-so-that-we-might-become-god/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [“He became what we are so that he might make us what he is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/he-became-what-we-are-so-that-he-might-make-us-what-he-is/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [“It is a good rule, after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/it-is-a-good-rule-after-reading-a-new-book-never-to-allow-yourself/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [Anyone who wants to look at sunlight naturally wipes his eye clear first, in order to make, at any rate, some approximation to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/anyone-who-wants-to-look-at-sunlight-naturally-wipes-his-eye-clear/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

> [One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/athanasius/one-cannot-possibly-understand-the-teaching-of-the-saints-unless-one/)

[Athanasius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/athanasius/)

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