But if they cannot have self-control, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn with passion.
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Clement Of Alexandria
AD 215
Ipse quoque "cadat. "De secundis autum nuptiis: "Si uraris "inquit Apostolus, "jungere matrimonio.".
Fortasse autem quoniam iis, qui juste vivunt, resistit propter aemulationem, et ad versus eos contendit, volens eos ad suos ordines traducere, per laboriosam continentiam eis vult praebere occasion era. Merito ergo dicit: "Melius est matrimonio jungi quam uri"
