Pt. I, lines 554–557.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
“So over violent, or over civil,
That every man with him was God or Devil.”
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John Dryden
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The Hind and the Panther
Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 557.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
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David Lipscomb
(1831–1917) Leader, American Restoration Movement
Source: Civil Government : Its Origin, Mission, and Destiny (1889), p. 73
Context: Human government, the embodied effort of man to rule the world without God, ruled over by "the prince of this world," the devil. Its mission is to execute wrath and vengeance here on earth. Human government bears the same relation to hell as the church bears to heaven.
“Let none turn over books, or roam the stars in quest of God, who sees him not in man.”
Johann Kaspar Lavater
(1741–1801) Swiss poet
No. 398
Aphorisms on Man (c. 1788)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
(1860–1935) American feminist, writer, commercial artist, lecturer and social reformer
Source: The Yellow Wall-Paper
Thomas Jefferson
(1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
On members of the clergy who sought to establish some form of "official" Christianity in the U.S. government. Letter to Dr. Benjamin Rush (23 September 1800)
This has commonly been quoted as "I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man", "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man", and "I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Neither capitalization of "god" and "eternal", nor a comma before or after "eternal" are apparent in the original. Photograph of the original manuscript at the Library of Congress http://memory.loc.gov/master/mss/mtj/mtj1/022/0400/0440.jpg - LOC transcription http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field(DOCID+@lit(tj090069)) <!-- NOTE : though this transcription has a comma between god and eternal in there is no comma apparent in the photograph and where grammar might best place it remains ambiguous. -->
The first portion of this statement has also been widely paraphrased as "The clergy believe that any power confided in me will be exerted in opposition to their schemes, and they believe rightly".
1800s
Context: The returning good sense of our country threatens abortion to their hopes, & they believe that any portion of power confided to me, will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly; for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: and enough, too, in their opinion.
Pt. II, lines 462–469.
Absalom and Achitophel (1681)
The Mark of the Beast.
Life's Handicap (1891)
Miguel de Unamuno
(1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
as the fool" (ii 16)
The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), Conclusion : Don Quixote in the Contemporary European Tragi-Comedy
Matka Tereza
(1910–1997) Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin
To the good God, nothing is little because He is so great and we so small- that is why He stoops down and takes the trouble to make those little things for us- to give us a chance to prove our love for Him.
Source: Knoansw, A Simple Path Quotes – The Inspiring Book Of Mother Teresa, September 03, 2020 https://knoansw.com/a-simple-path-quotes-mother-teresa/
“What is got over the Devil's back is spent under the belly.”
Source: Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532–1564), Fifth Book (1564), Chapter 11.