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Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky.

— Charlemagne Misattributed

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Possibly derived from a quote by Bernard of Clairvaux: "Trees and stones will teach you what you cannot learn from masters."

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Right action is better than knowledge; but in order to do what is right, we must know what is right.

If only I could have a dozen churchmen as wise and as well taught in all human knowledge as were Jerome and Augustine!

It is not lack of self-restraint but care for others which makes me dine in Lent before the hour of evening.

Nothing of that which was gained by fraud can go to the liberation of his soul. Let his wealth be divided among the workmen of this our building, and the poorer servants of our palace.

Take care that none of them escapes.

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