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Saint Augustine Quotes: What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
         

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.


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What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.
         



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