“To teach is a necessity, to delight is a…” Augustine of Hippo

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“To teach is a necessity, to delight is a beauty, to persuade is a triumph”

Augustine of Hippo (spoken by Cicero, quoted by Augustine)

On Christian Doctrine, Book IV, Ch. 12, trans. J. F. Shaw (1873; NPNF 1887)

Augustine quotes Cicero's account of the orator's aims and adapts it to Christian preaching.

Citation: "To teach is a necessity, to delight is a beauty, to persuade is a triumph" — Augustine of Hippo, On Christian Doctrine, Book IV, Ch. 12, trans. J. F. Shaw (1873; NPNF 1887). (id augustine-on-christian-doctrine-q4)

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Quotation from On Christian Doctrine by Augustine of Hippo