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> [It is not unlikely, too, that the rejection of God is a kind of punishment: we may well believe that those who knew the Gods and neglected them in one life may in another life be deprived of the knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sallust/it-is-not-unlikely-too-that-the-rejection-of-god-is-a-kind-of/)

[Sallust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sallust/)

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> [“we are directed not merely to abstain from evil actions, but even from evil thoughts, and from idle words, and empty talk, and scurrilous language: thus also the punishment of those who do not believe the Word of God, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/we-are-directed-not-merely-to-abstain-from-evil-actions-but-even-from/)

[The Church Fathers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/the-church-fathers/)

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