Alcuin

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Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus or Ealhwine (c.735–May 19, 804) was a scholar and teacher from York, England. He was born around 735 close to York — perhaps in the city itself. He was a noble, related to Saint Willibrord whose father founded the monastery of St. Andrew which Alcuin would later inherit.

[change] Quotes

At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. Alcuin

Man thinks, God directs. Alcuin

Those people should not be listened to who keep saying the voice of the people is the voice of God, since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness. Alcuin

The voice of the people is the voice of God. Alcuin

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