Where our work is, there let our joy be.
TERTULLIANWoman is a temple built over a sewer.
More Tertullian Quotes
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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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How many men of rank (to say nothing of common people) have been delivered from devils, and healed of diseases!
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Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
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The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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The soul whose bosom lust did never touch Is God’s fair bride; and maiden’s souls are such.
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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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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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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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It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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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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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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