And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
TERTULLIANLearn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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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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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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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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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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The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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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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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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