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Religion Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.
- Religion. A daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable.
- Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
- Pray: To ask the laws of the universe to be annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
- Ocean: A body of water occupying about two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.
- Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.
- Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion.
- I keep a conscience uncorrupted by religion, a judgment undimmed by politics and patriotism, a heart untainted by friendships and sentiments unsoured by animosities.
- MAMMON, n. The god of the world's leading religion. The chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
- THEOSOPHY, n. An ancient faith having all the certitude of religion and all the mystery of science.
- PALACE, n. A fine and costly residence, particularly that of a great official. The residence of a high dignitary of the Christian Church is called…
- JOSS-STICKS- Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.
- NIRVANA- In the Buddhist religion, a state of pleasurable annihilation awarded to the wise, particularly to those wise enough to understand it.
- MONSIGNOR- A high ecclesiastical title, of which the Founder of our religion overlooked the advantages.
- INADMISSIBLE- Not competent to be considered. Hearsay evidence is inadmissible ... but there is no religion in the world that has any other basis than…
- RITE, n. A religious or semi-religious ceremony fixed by law, precept or custom, with the essential oil of sincerity carefully squeezed out of it.
- ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.
- Christian - One who follows the teachings of Christ insofar as they are not inconsistent with a life of sin.
- Scriptures - The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
- Infidel, n. In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.
- SCRIPTURES, n. The sacred books of our holy religion, as distinguished from the false and profane writings on which all other faiths are based.
- Christian: One who believes that the New Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the spiritual needs of his neighbor. One who follows…
- Infidel: In New York, one who does not believe in the Christian religion; in Constantinople, one who does.
- Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.
- ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear. In Virginia City, Nevada, he is called the Washoe Canary, in Dakota, the…
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