“If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.”
Tennessee Williams (1911–1983) American playwright
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Source: Windswept (2015), Chapter 16 (p. 195)
“Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
“So far I’m not seeing a lot of difference between me and a carnival con-man.”
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Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
The trial of Charles B. Reynolds for blasphemy (1887)
Context: Blasphemy is what an old mistake says of a newly discovered truth.
Blasphemy is what a withered last year's leaf says to a this year's bud.
Blasphemy is the bulwark of religious prejudice.
Blasphemy is the breastplate of the heartless.
And let me say now, that the crime of blasphemy, as set out in this statute, is impossible. No man can blaspheme a book. No man can commit blasphemy by telling his honest thought. No man can blaspheme a God, or a Holy Ghost, or a Son of God. The Infinite cannot be blasphemed.
“Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.”
Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
“The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.”
James Jones book From Here to Eternity
Source: From Here to Eternity