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Common Quotes by Saint Augustine
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.
- Consequently, if the republic is the weal of the people, and there is no people if it be not associated by a common acknowledgment of…
- When large numbers of people share their joy in common, the happiness of each is greater because each adds fuel to the other's flame.
- Thus the good christian should beware of mathematicians and all those who make false prophecies, however much they may in fact speak the truth; lest,…
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- She saw too that man has the power of exceeding himself, of becoming himself more entirely and profoundly than he is, truths… — Sri Aurobindo
- I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful;… — Samuel Johnson
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