The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
TERTULLIANThe soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Those who fled will fight another time.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Christians are made, not born.
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See how these Christians love one another.
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The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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