Augustine of Hippo

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• Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

  Sermones 4.1.1

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• Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.

  VIII, 7

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

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