"Many a sober Christian would rather admit that……" — Edward Gibbon

"Many a sober Christian would rather admit that a wafer is God than that God is a cruel and capricious tyrant."

— Edward Gibbon

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95 Quotes by Edward Gibbon

Edward Gibbon has 95 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst…
The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is…
Fanaticism obliterates the feelings of humanity.
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to…
The gravest of the ecclesiastical historians, Eusebius himself, indirectly confesses that he has related whatever might redound to the glory,…
Style is the image of character.
I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of…
'I believe in one God and Mohammed the Apostle of God,' is the simple and invariable profession of Islam. The…
So long as mankind shall continue to lavish more praise upon its destroyers than upon its benefactors war shall remain…
The mathematics are distinguished by a particular privilege, that is, in the course of ages, they may always advance and…
In the end, they wanted security more than they wanted freedom.
The first and indispensable requisite of happiness is a clear conscience.

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The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
Everyone admits that love is wonderful and necessary, yet no one agrees on just what it is. — Diane Ackerman
I hate Stanley Clark, but I have to admit he's playing Jazz whether I like it or not. — Lester Bangs
We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to… — Dave Barry
I have not heard people in the Republican Party yet admit that they have a problem. And when they do… — Glenn Beck
At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took… — Kate Beckinsale
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors. — Ludwig van Beethoven
Somewhere it is written that parents who are critical of other people's children and publicly admit they can do better… — Erma Bombeck
In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United… — Bono
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks. — Daniel Boone

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