Source: The Education of Henry Adams
“Christians are made, not born.”
A variant on “One is not born wise, but becomes wise” from Seneca the Younger On Anger 2.10.6; see: Christian and Pagan in the Roman Empire: the witness of Tertullian, by Tertullian, Robert Dick Sider, p. 38 http://books.google.com/books?id=-qezxQeuutYC&pg=PA38&dq=%22Christians+are+made,+not+born%22, footnote 79
Variant: Many variants on this exist, notably “Great lovers are made, not born.” and “(Great) leaders are made, not born.”
Source: Apologeticus pro Christianis, Chapter 18
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Fiunt non nascuntur Christiani
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