Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
TERTULLIANCustom without truth is error grown old.
More Tertullian Quotes
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Prevention of birth is a precipitation of 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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The Christian does not hurt even his enemy.
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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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He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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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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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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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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Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
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