“For if a thing is not diminished by being shared with others, it is not rightly owned if it is only owned and not shared.”

—  Aurelius Augustinus, De doctrina christiana

1:1:1 English http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/jod/augustine/ddc1.html Latin http://www.sant-agostino.it/latino/dottrina_cristiana/index2.htm <br class="br">Latin: Omnis enim res quae dando non deficit, dum habetur et non datur, nondum habetur quomodo habenda est. <br class="br">De doctrina christiana

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