Quotes by Tertullian

“You can judge the quality of their faith from the way they behave. Discipline is an index to doctrine.”

“Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.”

“Fear is the foundation of safety.”

“You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.”

“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.”

“Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.”

“Nothing that is God's is obtainable by money.”

“The nature of rumor is known to all.”

“The first reaction to truth is hatred.”

“Truth engenders hatred of truth. As soon as it appears, it is the enemy.”

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