“Orthodox religion is a kind of boa-constrictor; anything it can not dodge it will swallow.”
Robert G. Ingersoll (1833–1899) Union United States Army officer
"The Brooklyn Divines." Brooklyn Union (Brooklyn, NY), 1883.
“Psychoanalysis: a rabbit that was swallowed by a boa constrictor who just wanted to see what it was like in there.”
Half-Truths and One-And-A-Half Truths (1976)
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