And when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
TERTULLIANA man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
More Tertullian Quotes
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He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Christians are made, not born.
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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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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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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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Where our work is, there let our joy be.
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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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There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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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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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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The flesh feeds on the Body and Blood of Christ that the soul may be fattened on God.
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Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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It is certain because it is possible.
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