“They who have just ideas, and express them in suitable language, would need to use no long discourse to refute the errors of empty conjecture.”
–Augustine of Hippo (354-430)
Source: Augustine of Hippo, The City of God, trans. Marcus Dods, vol. 2 of A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, First Series, ed. Philip Schaff (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1887), 17, Book II, chap. 1.
Reflection: When I speak about truth, do I strive for words that are both accurate and fitting, or do I rely on volume, repetition, or argument to make my point?