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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.

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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Enemy Hurt Religious
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Enemy Hate Truth
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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God Human Way
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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Nature Soul Teaching
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 certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
It is to believed because it is absurd.
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Believe Mad One Liner
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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Hero King People Violence
It is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
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
Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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Hate Ignorance Men Philosophy
Custom without truth is error grown old.
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Growth Old Truth
The state of faith allows no mention of impossibility.
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Faith Impossible

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