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The princes of the city of Christ patiently wait for the time of a blessedness that is not fallacious.
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The Complete Works of Saint Augustine: The Confessions, On Grace and Free Will, The City of God, On
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Even in pressing straits the word of God is not bound, not even in preachers who are bound.
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Love is a greater gift than knowledge; for whenever a man has the gift of knowledge, love is necessary by the side of it, that he be not puffed up.
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Anything which we are taught by allegory or emblem affects and pleases us more, and is more highly esteemed by us, than it would be if most clearly stated in plain terms.