By one who loveth is another kindled.

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One is commended, and, unseen, he is loved: doth this love enter the heart of the hearer from the mouth of the commender? Not so. But by one who loveth is another kindled. For hence he is loved who is commended, when the commender is believed to extol him with an unfeigned heart; that is, when one that loves him, praises him.

Source Confessions, Book Iv, §16 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to Saint Augustine, when we hear someone praise a person with sincere love, we begin to love that person too: the love of one kindles the love of another. Today, sincerely speak well of someone who is absent, in front of someone else.

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