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City of God [De Civitate Dei], Book 2, ch. 1 (2.1) (AD 412-416) [tr. Bettenson (1972)] - Augustine of Hippo | WIST Quotations
You can see how infinitely laborious and fruitless it would be to try to refute every objection they offer, when they have resolved never to think before they speak provided that somehow or other they contradict our arguments. [Quorum dicta contraria si totiens uelimus refellere, quotiens obnixa fronte statuerint non…