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Tertullian
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Nationality: Roman
Category: Author
Subcategory: Roman Author

Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.

   

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

   

It is certain because it is possible.

   

Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.

   

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

   

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.

   

You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.

   

The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.

   

The first reaction to truth is hatred.

   

You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.

   

Hope is patience with the lamp lit.

   

The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'

   

See how these Christians love one another.

   

Fear is the foundation of safety.

   

The nature of rumor is known to all.

   

Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.

   

Christians are made, not born.

   

Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.

   

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

   

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

   

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