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The first reaction to truth is hatred.

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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Divorce Marriage Religious
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
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
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Hope One Liner Patience
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
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
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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Athens Jerusalem
How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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Devil Men Sick
A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Born Christian Men
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
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
Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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God Money
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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Born Death Religious
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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Born Death Prevention
The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

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