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In order to discover the character of people we have only to observe what they love.
Saint Augustine
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To my God a heart of flame To my fellow man a heart of love To myself a heart of steel.
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So you see how endlessly futile and fruitless it would be if we wanted to refute their objections every time they obstinately resolved not to think through what they say but merely to speak, just so long as they contradict our arguments in any way they can.
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Because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true nor because it is uttered with stammering lips should it be supposed false.
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For what is time? ... Who can even in thought comprehend it, so as to utter a word about it? ... If no one asks me, I know: If I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not.
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Cantare amantis est ... Singing belongs to one who loves. (s. 336, 1 – PL 38, 1472).
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They, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.
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