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Saint Augustine Quotes: To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit.
         

To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit.


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This page presents the quote "To dye oneself with paints in order to have a rosier or a paler complexion is a lying counterfeit.". Author of this quote is Saint Augustine. This quote is about order, oneself, lying, counterfeit, modesty, complexion,.