Attribuée à Augustine of Hippo
«He who sings prays twice.»
Fausse attribution
Verdict
Elle ne figure pas dans l'œuvre de Augustine of Hippo
The proverbial form ('qui cantat, bis orat') is not found in his works. It is usually linked to Enarrationes in Psalmos 72.1, where Augustine says that whoever sings praise not only praises but praises joyfully, and to his reflection on singing in Confessions X.33.49–50; the abbreviated formula is later.
Ce qu'il a vraiment dit
Paroles vérifiées de Augustine of Hippo
«You have made us for yourself, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.»
Confesiones I,1,1
«Late have I loved you, beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you! And see, you were within and I was outside, and there I sought you.»
Confesiones X,27,38
«You were more inward than my inmost self and higher than my highest.»
Confesiones III,6,11