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Saint Augustine Theologian, Philosopher
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"It is not in virtue of its liberty that the human will attains to grace, it is much rather by grace that it attains to liberty."

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Samuel Butler Novelist, Poet, Essayist
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"The extremes of vice and virtue are alike detestable, and absolute virtue is as sure to kill a man as absolute vice is."

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