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> [“Variation on the middle sentence: A thing is not necessarily false because it is badly expressed, nor true because it is expressed magnificently.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/variation-on-the-middle-sentence-a-thing-is-not-necessarily-false/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

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## More by Augustine of Hippo

> [“We are inflamed, by Thy Gift we are kindled; and are carried upwards; we glow inwardly, and go forwards. We ascend Thy ways that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/we-are-inflamed-by-thy-gift-we-are-kindled-and-are-carried-upwards-we/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Faith seeks, understanding finds. This is why the prophet says, ‘Unless you believe, you will not understand”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/faith-seeks-understanding-finds-this-is-why-the-prophet-says-unless/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Time takes no holiday. It does not roll idly by, but through our senses works its own wonders in the mind. Time came and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/time-takes-no-holiday-it-does-not-roll-idly-by-but-through-our-senses/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“So it falls out that in this world, in evil days like these, the Church walks onward like a wayfarer stricken by the world's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/so-it-falls-out-that-in-this-world-in-evil-days-like-these-the-church/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Pride is the beginning of sin. And what is pride but the craving for undue exaltation? And this is undue exaltation - when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/pride-is-the-beginning-of-sin-and-what-is-pride-but-the-craving-for/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Variation on the middle sentence: A thing is not necessarily false because it is badly expressed, nor true because it is expressed magnificently.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/variation-on-the-middle-sentence-a-thing-is-not-necessarily-false/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Run to and fro everywhere, holy fires, beautiful fires; for you are the light of the world, nor are you put under a bushel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/run-to-and-fro-everywhere-holy-fires-beautiful-fires-for-you-are-the/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Let Him do what pleases Him; let Him disclose Himself when it pleases Him! I now commit myself wholly to His care and clemency.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/let-him-do-what-pleases-him-let-him-disclose-himself-when-it-pleases/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“and even now we labor in our residual gloom, until in your only Son we become your righteousness; for that righteousness is like God's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/and-even-now-we-labor-in-our-residual-gloom-until-in-your-only-son-we/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Thus, every entity, even if it is a defective one, in so far as it is an entity, is good. In so far as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/thus-every-entity-even-if-it-is-a-defective-one-in-so-far-as-it-is-an/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“But unscrupulous ambition has nothing to work upon, save in a nation corrupted by avarice and luxury. Moreover, a people becomes avaricious and luxurious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/but-unscrupulous-ambition-has-nothing-to-work-upon-save-in-a-nation/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of the faith is to see what we believe.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/faith-is-to-believe-what-we-do-not-see-and-the-reward-of-the-faith-is/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“For instantly, as the sentence ended, there was infused in my heart something like the light of full certainty and all the gloom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/for-instantly-as-the-sentence-ended-there-was-infused-in-my-heart/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“And yet, will we ever come to an end of discussion and talk if we think we must always reply to replies? For replies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/and-yet-will-we-ever-come-to-an-end-of-discussion-and-talk-if-we/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

> [“If, on the contrary, they hear from you about themselves, they will be in no position to say, “The Lord is lying.” Is hearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augustine-of-hippo/if-on-the-contrary-they-hear-from-you-about-themselves-they-will-be/)

[Augustine of Hippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augustine-of-hippo/)

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