Christians are made, not born.
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We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Christians are made, not born.
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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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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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Prevention of birth is premature murder, and it makes no difference whether it is a life already born that one snatches away or a life that is coming to birth.
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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
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The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
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We say, and we say openly, and while ye torture us, mangled and gory we cry out, “We worship God through Christ!” Believe Him a man: it is through Him and in Him that God willeth Himself to be known and worshipped.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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