Argument Quote by Girolamo Savonarola

“It would be good for religion if many books that seem useful were destroyed. When there were not so many books and not so many arguments and disputes, religion grew more quickly than it has since.” quote by Girolamo Savonarola — Download Open image

“It would be good for religion if many books that seem useful were destroyed. When there were not so many books and not so many arguments and disputes, religion grew more quickly than it has since.”

Girolamo Savonarola

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