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?
TERTULLIANThe more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
More Tertullian Quotes
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How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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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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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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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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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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It is certain because it is possible.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Prayer is the one thing that can conquer God.
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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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