
“Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
“Marriage and hanging go by destiny; matches are made in heaven.”
Section 2, member 2, subsection 5.
The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621), Part III
“I like ejaculatory prayer; it reaches heaven before the devil can get a shot at it.”
P. 470.
“A place of dream, the Holy Land
Hangs midway between earth and heaven.”
The Holy Land.
“The moon is a silver pin-head vast,
That holds the heaven's tent-hangings fast.”
"The Use of the Moon", p. 178.
Poetry of the Orient, 1865 edition
“Politicians promise you heaven before election and give you hell after”
“God will take you through hell, just to get you to heaven.”
"No Matter What".
2000s, Paper Trail
“The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.”
<p>This quote can be traced to two authors, in books published within the same year:</p><p>1) Rev. Edward John Hardy, known as E.J. Hardy (1849-1920), How to Be Happy Though Civil: A Book on Manners (New York, Scribners, 1909), ch. VI: A Christian Gentleman;
2) John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Peace and Happiness (Macmillan, 1909), ch. XV: Religion</p>
Misattributed
“That's what heaven is. You get to make sense of your yesterdays.”
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
“If it's possible to send a message from heaven, I'll get one to you.”
Source: Don't Die, My Love