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- Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all the adornment of the universe,…
- In our case, murder being once for all forbidden, we may not destroy even the fetus in the womb, while as yet the human being…
- In pain shall you bring forth children, woman, and you shall turn to your husband and he shall rule over you. And do you not…
- But all the other frenzies of passions-impious both toward the bodies and toward the sexes-beyond the laws of nature, we banish not only from the…
- The nature of rumor is known to all
- Examine then, and see if He be not the dispenser of kingdoms, who is Lord at once of the world which is ruled, and of…
- The Word, then, the Christ, is the cause both of our ancient beginning, for lie was in God, and of our well-being. And now this…
- All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced...the distinction of the Trinity is quite…
- Every soul, then, by reason of its birth, has its nature in Adam until it is born again in Christ; moreover, it is unclean all…
- You cannot parcel out freedom in pieces because freedom is all or nothing.
- Against Him those women sin who torment their skin with potions, stain their cheeks with rouge and extend the line of their eyes with black…
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- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle