Quotation by Marcus Minucius Felix

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You punish crimes committed, with us the thought of crime is a sin; you fear the voice of witness, we the sole voice of conscience.

Marcus Minucius Felix

Marcus Minucius Felix (2nd or 3rd cen. A.D.), Roman Christian apologist. Octavius, 35. 6, trans. by G.H. Rendell.

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