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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.

Saint Augustine

Beauty

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Saint Augustine is saying that beauty is a positive blessing from God, but it is not the highest or most important blessing. To prevent good people from valuing beauty too highly, God also gives it to those who are morally bad.

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