The light will not shame you, if it shows you your own ugliness, and that ugliness so offends you that you perceive the beauty of the light. (Augustine of Hippo)

The light will not shame you, if it shows you your own ugliness, and that ugliness so offends you that you perceive the beauty of the light.

Augustine of Hippo

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