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Quotes by Tertullian

Arguments about Scripture achieve nothing but a stomachache and a headache.
– 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
It is certain because it is impossible.
– Tertullian
Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.
– Tertullian
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.
– 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
Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.
– Tertullian
The nature of rumor is known to all.
– Tertullian
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
– Tertullian
Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.
– Tertullian
Fear is the foundation of safety.
– Tertullian
Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.
– Tertullian