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Now we allow that life begins with conception, because we contend that the soul also begins from conception; life taking its commencement at the same moment and place that the soul does.
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Moments Place Soul
Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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Deep Inspirational Philosophy Teaching Truth
It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Evil Religious Violence
Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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Nature Soul Teaching
It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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Nature Religion
Patience is God’s nature.
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God Nature One Liner Patience Religious
The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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Enemy Hurt Religious
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Death Himself Life World
Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Character Eyes Woman
It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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Atheist Men Nature Prayer
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
It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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Eyes Kindness Practice
The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Impossible One Liner
See how these Christians love one another.
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Love Religious Togetherness
Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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Hero King People Violence
To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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Birth Death Murder
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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Feeling Lying Pain Suffering
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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Athens Jerusalem
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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Born Death Religious
The blood of the Christians is seed.
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Blood Christian Seed
Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
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Power Religious Violence
It is certain because it is possible.
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One Liner Possible
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
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Born Death Prevention
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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Born Death Difference Life
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
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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Freedom Pieces

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