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Saint Augustine

Beauty is indeed a good gift of God but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked.

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Saint Augustine is saying that while beauty is a positive blessing from God, it should not be considered the highest or most important blessing. He points out that since even bad people can have beauty, it shows that beauty alone is not a sign of true goodness or greatness.

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