A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false becau…

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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently. ✨ Saint Augustine, F. J. Sheed (2007). Confessions (Second Edition), p.81, Hackett Publishing
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