# Apologeticum 8.9

Tertullian, Apologeticum, Chapter 8. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/tertullian/apologeticum/8.9

Timent plecti, si proclamcnt, qui defendi merebuntur, qui etiam ultro perire malint quam sub tali conscientia vivere. Age nunc timeant, cur etiam perseverant? Sequitur enim, ne ultra velis id te esse quod, si prius scisses, non fuisses.

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Tertullian, Apologeticum, ed. T. R. Glover. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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