Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
So their lamps began to fail, and the foolish plead with the five wise, “Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.” They sought for what they had been most prone to seek for, to shine, that is, with others’ oil, to walk after others’ praises.
