C. S. Lewis Quotes

Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.

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• Unless Christianity is wholly false, the perception of ourselves which we have in moments of shame must be the only true one.

  

  C. S. Lewis
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