# “I make progress by writing” by Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430)

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- Published: 2009-02-28T21:46:43-06:00
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“I am the sort of man who writes because he has made progress, and who makes progress–
by writing.”

–Aurelius Augustine, as quoted in Peter Brown, _[Augustine of Hippo: A Biography](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520227573?tag=toletaupanre-20)_(
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1967/2000), 354.

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