The first reaction to truth is hatred.
TERTULLIANA holy woman may be beautiful by the gift of nature, but she must not give occasion to lust. If beauty be hers, so far from setting it off she ought rather to obscure it.
More Tertullian Quotes
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Those who fled will fight another time.
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The fact is certain because it is impossible.
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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To forbid birth is only quicker murder.
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It is certainly no part of religion to compel religion.
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He who flees will fight again.
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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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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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I believe BECAUSE it’s impossible.
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I believe because it is absurd.
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You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
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It is absolutely forbidden to repay evil with evil.
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Christians are made, not born.
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Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
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You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
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