The nature of rumor is well known to all. It was your own poet who said: ‘Rumor, an evil surpassing all evils in speed.’
TERTULLIANIt is certain because it is possible.
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What has Athens to do with Jerusalem.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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You can’t undo anything you’ve already done, but you can face up to it. You can tell the truth. You can seek forgiveness. And then let God do the rest.
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God the Father’s a deep root; the Son’s the shoot that breaks into the world; the Spirit spreads the beauty & fragrance.
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Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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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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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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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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Daily, every moment, prayer is necessary to men.
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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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Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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