He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
TERTULLIANAnd when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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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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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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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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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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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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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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Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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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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