What, then, does this pen of yours offer, if faith is safe by what it has of its own? That it may be safe by what it has of its own also at other times, when it is subjected to scorpions of its own.
(Scorpiace by Tertullian, Chapter 1 @ https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0318.htm)
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- On the Subject of Scorpions by Nicander
- Scorpiace by Tertullian