All Lactantius Quotes
- Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will. Beings
- 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… All
- Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice. Inspirational
- Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be. Fear
- 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… All
- Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real. Appear
- Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food. Aside
- 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… Care
- The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted things… Agreeing
- Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too… Adultery
- The first point of wisdom is to. discern what is false; the second, to know what is true. Discern
- The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection. Affection
- But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part. Complete
- Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor… Acknowledge
- But God, who is immortal, has no need of difference of sex, nor of succession. Difference
- Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was of… Adds
- For if God is a title of the highest power, He must be incorruptible, perfect, incapable of suffering, and subject to no other being; therefore… Compels
- For if the honour paid to Him is shared by others, He altogether ceases to be worshipped, since His religion requires us to believe that… Altogether
- Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things. Able
- It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus… Both
- Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to… Attention
- The poets, therefore, however much they adorned the gods in their poems, and amplified their exploits with the highest praises, yet very frequently confess that… Adorned
- There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things and… All
- Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing else: and yet those who deem that there are many… Admit
- 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… Eternal