Profanation Quotes

7 quotes by 7 authors

• Nothing has a greater tendency to lessen the reverence which mankind ought to have for the Supreme Being, than a careless repetition of his name… — Noah Webster
• There is a kind of pleasure which comes from sacrilege or the profanation of the objects offered us for worship. — Marquis de Sade
• In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by… — Jorge Luis Borges
• Great men may jest with saints; 'tis wit in them; But, in the less foul profanation. — William Shakespeare
• Nothing shall warp me from the belief that every man is a lover of truth. There is no pure lie, no pure malignity in nature.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
• He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her up,… — Victor Hugo
• Marriage is to me apostasy, profanation of the sanctuary of my soul, violation of my manhood, sale of my birthright, shameful surrender, ignominious capitulation, acceptance… — George Bernard Shaw

Who Wrote These Profanation Quotes

7 authors contributed a total of 7 Profanation Quotes as follows:

• 1 Profanation Quote by Noah Webster
• 1 Profanation Quote by Marquis de Sade
• 1 Profanation Quote by Jorge Luis Borges
• 1 Profanation Quote by William Shakespeare
• 1 Profanation Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
• 1 Profanation Quote by Victor Hugo
• 1 Profanation Quote by George Bernard Shaw