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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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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline Faith Judgement Quality
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Evil Religious Violence
The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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Lust Religious Soul
The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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Blood Body Soul Spiritual
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
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
The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
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Nature Poet Rumor
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
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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Born Death Religious
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
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Enemy Hate Truth
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
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
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

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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