But that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
First comes the clay that is only fit to be thrown away, with which we must begin but in which we need not remain. Afterward comes what is fit for us, that into which we can be gradually molded and in which, when molded, we may remain.
