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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 the commission of those beings which are esteemed lawful among men…Therefore,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/for-when-god-forbids-us-to-kill-he-not-only-prohibits-us-from-open/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

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## More by Lactantius

> [Can anyone be so foolish as to believe that there are men whose feet are higher than their heads, or places where things may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/can-anyone-be-so-foolish-as-to-believe-that-there-are-men-whose-feet/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/for-they-the-philosophers-were-considered-teachers-of-right-living/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/nobody-is-poor-unless-he-stand-in-need-of-justice/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/the-first-point-of-wisdom-is-to-discern-that-which-is-false-the/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/cicero-in-his-treatise-concerning-the-nature-of-the-gods-having-said/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/homer-was-able-to-give-us-no-information-relating-to-the-truth-for-he/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/therefore-if-the-gods-are-immortal-and-eternal-what-need-is-there-of/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/when-their-city-was-occupied-by-the-gauls-and-the-romans-who-were/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/the-whole-point-of-justice-consists-precisely-in-our-providing-for/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/there-is-no-one-who-possesses-intelligence-and-uses-reflection-who/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/it-is-possible-that-mount-olympus-may-have-supplied-the-poets-with/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [ “I am inclined to think that the corrupting influence of the stage is even worse \[than that of the arena\]. The subjects of comedies… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/i-am-inclined-to-think-that-the-corrupting-influence-of-the-stage-is/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/where-fear-is-present-wisdom-cannot-be/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/therefore-let-men-withdraw-themselves-from-errors-and-laying-aside/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/the-prophets-who-were-very-many-proclaim-and-declare-the-one-god-for/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

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