
“The Word equals the book or, holy scripture. That is religion.”
The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats (Simon & Schuster, 1997)
“The Word equals the book or, holy scripture. That is religion.”
The Devil's Dictionary (1911)
Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
Book 1, p. 7
Cosmotheoros (1695; publ. 1698)
“There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality.”
Source: The Duke's Children (1879), Ch. 48
Context: "I think it is so glorious," said the American. "There is no such mischievous nonsense in all the world as equality. That is what father says. What men ought to want is liberty."
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 317.
Pearls of Wisdom
Variant: Pray all the time, read all the scriptures in the world, and worship all the gods there are... but unless you realize the Truth, there is no freedom.