Truth persuades by teaching, but does not teach by persuading.
TERTULLIANIt is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
More Tertullian Quotes
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The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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I believe because it is absurd.
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Christians are made, not born.
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Shall we carry a flag? It is a rival to Christ.
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Christ, in disarming Peter, disarmed every soldier.
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Let women paint their eyes with tints of chastity.
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Patience ornaments the woman and proves the man.
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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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Woman is a temple built over a sewer.
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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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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There is strife between God’s ways and human ways; damned by you, we are absolved by God.
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Custom without truth is error grown old.
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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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