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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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All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced…the distinction of the Trinity is quite clearly displayed.
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Principles Religious
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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Beautiful Lust Religious
Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
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Apperance Blind Easy Kind
Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Character Eyes Woman
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
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Enemy Hate Truth
The blood of the Christians is seed.
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Blood Christian Seed
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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Freedom Pieces
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Evil Religious Violence
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible
You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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Forgiveness God Let Go Truth
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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Hero King People Violence
He who flees will fight again.
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Fight Himself Run

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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