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Ladder Quotes by Saint Augustine
- We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
- If we tread our vices under our feet, we make of them a ladder by which to rise to higher things.
- We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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