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James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Tertullian

Splendida vitia—Splendid vices.Of Pagan virtues.

Certum est quia impossible est—I am sure of it because it is impossible.

Credo, quia absurdum—I believe it because it is absurd.

Semen est sanguis Christianorum—The blood of us Christians is seed.

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.