For God judged it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit any evil to exist.
 
[Melius enim judicavit de malis bene facere quam mala nulla esse permittere.]

Augustine of Hippo (354-430) Christian church father, philosopher, saint [b. Aurelius Augustinus]

Enchiridion on Faith, Hope and Love, ch. 8 / § 27 (AD 420) [tr. Outler (1955)]
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(Source (Latin)). Alternate translations:

For He judged it better to bring good out of evil, than not to permit any evil to exist.
[tr. Shaw (1887)]

God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
[tr. Clifford (1903)]