Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
- Tertullian
Religious, Offspring, Vow
Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.
- Tertullian
Better, Either, Too, Wander
Out of the frying pan, into the fire.
- Tertullian
Fire, Out, Frying, Pan
Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
- Tertullian
Nothing, Achieve, About, Headache
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?
- Tertullian
Jerusalem, Athens
Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
- Tertullian
Birth, Prevention
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
Pain, Will, Away, Injure
You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.
- Tertullian
Faith, Judge, Behave, Doctrine
The usual complaint is, 'I have no other way of earning a living.' The harsh reply can be, 'Do you have to live?'
- Tertullian
Living, Other, Usual, Reply
He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.
- Tertullian
World, Himself, Lives, Dies
Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.
- Tertullian
Themselves, Indeed, Philosophy
Two kinds of blindness are easily combined so that those who do not see really appear to see what is not.
- Tertullian
See, Blindness, Easily, Appear
The nature of rumor is known to all.
- Tertullian
Nature, Known, Rumor
You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
- Tertullian
Freedom, Nothing, Pieces, Parcel
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
- Tertullian
Truth, Hatred, Reaction, Truth Is
He is a man, who is to be a man, the fruit is always present in the seed.
- Tertullian
Life, Seed, Always, Be A Man
Fear is the foundation of safety.
- Tertullian
Fear, Foundation, Safety
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
- Tertullian
Truth, Enemy, Appears, Hatred
See how these Christians love one another.
- Tertullian
Love, See, How, Christians
Christians are made, not born.
- Tertullian
Born, Made, Christians
The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
- Tertullian
Seed, Grow, Mow, Christians
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
- Tertullian
Church, Seed, Martyrs, Blood
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
- Tertullian
Nature, Evil, Either, Shame
It is certain because it is impossible.
- Tertullian
Because, Certain, Impossible
Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.
- Tertullian
Money, Nothing, God
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