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A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.

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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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Feeling Lying Pain Suffering
It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Believe Mad One Liner
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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Temples Women
He who flees will fight again.
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Fight Himself Run
He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Men Present
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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Dog God Sarcastic Truth
Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Death Philosophy Pleasure
Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline One Liner
For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man’s wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
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Enough God Men Reveal
The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
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Believe Death God Impossible Mad
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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Blood Growth Religious
And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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End Live Marriage
Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Fear Foundation Safety
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Hate One Liner Reaction Truth
I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Atheist Believe Religion

A holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.

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