Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are …

- Lactantius

Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.

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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to …

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Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.

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Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes a health-promoting care of the sins and wounds…

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The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.

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Can anyone be so foolish as to believe that there are men whose feet are higher than their heads, or places where things may be hanging downwards, tr…

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For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed by the public laws, but he warns us against t…

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

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