Too late I loved you, O Beauty ever ancient and ever new! Too late I loved you! And, behold, you were within me, and I out of myself, and there I searched for you.
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Permalink to quote #14 Give what you command, and command what you will. You impose continency on us.
Permalink to quote #16 As a youth I prayed, 'Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.'
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