The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a… — Christopher Ricks Copy Share Image
The beautiful wooden board on a stand in my father's study. The gleaming ivory pieces. The stern king. The haughty queen. The… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
Christian piety annihilates the egoism of the heart; worldly politeness veils and represses it. — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
The pious pretense that evil does not exist only makes it vague, enormous and menacing. — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
I don't believe that it's true that the poor will always be with us. I think that kind of pious fatalism is… — Margaret Culkin Banning Copy Share Image
Clergymen who publish pious frauds in the interest of the church are the orthodox liars of God. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
...Seek counsel of very pious, disinterested persons, and follow the call of O[ur] L[ord] and the advice of those persons. — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience, even when judged by the standards of… — Hu Shih Copy Share Image
“I wonder if you know just what it means to pious?" "Goin' to church, and readin' the Bible, and sayin' prayers and… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft… — Hartley Coleridge Copy Share Image
O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The pious sectarian is proud because he is confident of his right of possession in God. The man of devotion is meek… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Just as the pious man prays without speaking a word and the Almighty hearkens unto him, so the artist with true feelings… — Caspar David Friedrich Copy Share Image
Loving Your Enemies... Far from being the pious injunction of a utopian dreamer, this demand is an absolute necessity for the survival… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Seven hundred thousand men are said to have perished in the first two expeditions, which had been thus commenced and carried on… — Elihu Palmer Copy Share Image
The object is evident in the name of the discipline. Similarly, theology (theologia) is the study of God. The object of theology… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Liszt commenting on the music of Frédéric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
“It is far better to be seen by others as a sinner and plead fervently to Christ for salvation than to be… — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah Copy Share Image
Do you fast? Then feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, visit the sick, do not forget the imprisoned, have pity… — Saint John Chrysostom Copy Share Image
I write about situations that are common, universal might be more correct, in which my characters are involved and from which only… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
... I am not afraid of priests. They have tried upon me all their various batteries of pious whining, hypocritical canting, lying… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
How could it occur to anyone to demonstrate that God exists unless one has already allowed Himself to ignore Him? A king's… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
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