Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished pl…

Saint Augustine
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Chastity, or cleanness of heart, holds a glorious and distinguished place among the virtues, because she, alone, enables man to see God; hence Truth itself said, 'Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.'
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