Age Quote by John Ruskin

No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following…

— John Ruskin

What have I always believed? That on the whole, and by and large, if a man lived properly, not according to what any priests…

— Terry Pratchett

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.

— Jonathan Swift

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they are merely making a sacrifice to God of the Devil's leavings.

— Jonathan Swift

I didn't put Priest down. He was just trying to get out. His deeds weren't noble ones, but he was making money, and he…

— Curtis Mayfield

“A woman has never been able to become a priest—she cannot even be a deacon, nor yet a chorister—but a woman can with the…

— Sigrid Undset

“The great educational value of the war against Christendom lies in the absolute truthlessness of the priest. Such purity is rare enough. The 'man…

— Nick Land

The clergy [in the 14th century] on the whole were probably no more lecherous or greedy or untrustworthy than other men, but because they…

— Barbara Tuchman

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

— Giuseppe Garibaldi

Every man is a priest, even involuntarily; his conduct is an unspoken sermon, which is forever preaching to others.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

The first proof of charity in a priest, and especially a bishop, is poverty.

— Victor Hugo

The first proof of charity in a priest, especially a bishop, is poverty.

— Victor Hugo