Try as they may to savor the taste of eternity, their thoughts still t…

Saint Augustine
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Try as they may to savor the taste of eternity, their thoughts still twist and turn upon the ebb and flow of things in past and future time. But if only their minds could be seized and held steady, they would be still for a while and, for that short moment, they would glimse the splendor of eternity, which is forever still. ✨ Saint Augustine (2003). Confessions, Penguin UK
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