For if God is man's chief good, which you cannot deny, it clearly foll…

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For if God is man's chief good, which you cannot deny, it clearly follows, since to seek the chief good is to live well, that to live well is nothing else but to love God with all the heart, with all the soul, with all the mind. ✨ Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection.
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For if God is man's chief good, which you cannot deny, it clearly follows, since to seek the chief good is to live well, that to live well is nothing else but to love God with all the heart, with all the soul, with all the mind. ✨ Saint Augustine of Hippo Collection.

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