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For what war should we not be fit and eager, even though unequal in numbers, we who are so willing to be slaughtered-if, according to that discipline of ours, it was not more lawful to be slain than to slay?
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Discipline Law Willing
Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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Temples Women
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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Freedom Pieces
It is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Hate One Liner Reaction Truth
Custom without truth is error grown old.
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Growth Old Truth
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Evil Fear Nature Shame
I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Atheist Believe Religion
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
Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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Discipline One Liner
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
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
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
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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Achievement Argument
If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
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Earth Religious Sky
Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Religious Violence

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