I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
For, withal, when he has laid down the definitive rule with reference to "the widowed and the unwedded "that they are to "marry if they cannot contain "because "better it is to marry than to burn".
But when things lawful are (only) granted by way of indulgence, who hope for things unlawful? "To the unmarried "also, "and widows "he says, "It is good, by his example, to persevere "(in their present state); "but if they were too weak, to marry; because it is preferable to marry than to bum."
