"For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared."

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Source: 'De doctrina christiana' ('On Christian Teaching'). Book by Augustinus, 1:1:1, 397.

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Saint Augustine

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Saint Augustine was a theologian and philosopher whose works, particularly 'Confessions,' profoundly influenced Christian thought and Western philosophy.

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