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Tertullian
Roman
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Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Fire
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#First
#Truth
#Hatred
The nature of rumor is known to all.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Nature
#Rumor
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Blood
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,
Roman
Author
#Will
#Feeling
#Pleasure
#Pain
#Lies
Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
It is certain because it is impossible.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
The entire fruit is already present in the seed.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Present
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Church
#Blood
#Martyrs
The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Living
#Complaint
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Prevention
#Murder
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Nothing
#Freedom
Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#God
#Nothing
#Money
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Fear
#Evil
#Nature
#Shame
See how these Christians love one another.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Love
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Enemy
#Truth
#Hatred
Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Blindness
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Athens
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Faith
#Quality
#Doctrine
#Discipline
Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Philosophy
Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Hope
#Patience
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#World
He who flees will fight again.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Will
#Fight
Fear is the foundation of safety.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Fear
#Safety
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Marriage
#Religious
#Divorce
#Vow
Christians are made, not born.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author
#Nothing
#Scripture
#Arguments
It is certain because it is possible.
Tertullian,
Roman
Author