The first reaction to truth is hatred.
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Indeed it is better to postpone, lest either we complete too little by hurrying, or wander too long in completing it.Tertullian
We live among you, eat the same food, wear the same clothes . . . We sojourn with you in the world, renouncing neither forum nor market, nor bath, nor booth, nor workshop, nor inn . . . We till the ground with you, we join with you in business ventures.
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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.
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Hope is patience with the lamp lit.
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Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
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The more you mow us down, the more numerous we grow; the blood of Christians is seed.
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