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There could be nothing more fortunate for human affairs than that by the mercy of God they who are endowed with true piety of life if they have the skill for ruling people should also have the power.
There could be nothing more fortunate for human affairs than that by the mercy of God they who are endowed with true piety of life if they have the skill for ruling people should also have the power.
Approximate author period: c. 392 AD · classical
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- Augustine of Hippo
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- Approximate author period: c. 392 AD · classical
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 354 to 430; Wikidata Q8018, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8018 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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