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Tertullian Quotes
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Type: Author Quotes Category: Roman Author Quotes Year of Birth: 160 Year of Death: 225 Nationality: Roman Find on Amazon: Tertullian Related Authors: Henry David Thoreau Mark Twain Samuel Johnson Victor Hugo George Eliot George Orwell Gertrude Stein Henry Miller |
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
Tertullian Christians are made, not born. Tertullian Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage. Tertullian Fear is the foundation of safety. Tertullian He who flees will fight again. Tertullian He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies. Tertullian Hope is patience with the lamp lit. Tertullian Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy. Tertullian Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it. Tertullian It is certain because it is impossible. Tertullian It is certain because it is possible. Tertullian Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame. Tertullian Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money. Tertullian Out of the frying pan, into the fire. Tertullian Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder. Tertullian See how these Christians love one another. Tertullian The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church. Tertullian The entire fruit is already present in the seed. Tertullian The first reaction to truth is hatred. Tertullian The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed. Tertullian The nature of rumor is known to all. Tertullian 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. Tertullian The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?' Tertullian Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy. Tertullian Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not. Tertullian What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? Tertullian You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine. Tertullian You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing. Tertullian |
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