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?
TERTULLIANWoman is a temple built over a sewer.
More Tertullian Quotes
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Learn about the incorruptible King, and know his heroes who never inflict slaughter on the peoples.
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He who flees will fight again.
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The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
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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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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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Men remain in ignorance as long as they hate, and they hate unjustly as long as they remain in ignorance.
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Nothing that is God’s is obtainable by money.
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Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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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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