"The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened……" — Mark Twain

"The so-called Christian nations are the most enlightened and progressive ... but in spite of their religion, not because of it. The Church has opposed every innovation and discovery from the day of Galileo down to our own time, when the use of anesthetic in childbirth was regarded as a sin because it avoided the biblical curse pronounced against Eve. And every step in astronomy and geology ever taken has been opposed by bigotry and superstition. The Greeks surpassed us in artistic culture and in architecture five hundred years before Christian religion was born."

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With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone… — Saul Bellow
Ten minutes of genuine belly laughter had an anesthetic effect and would give me at least two hours of pain-free… — Norman Cousins
Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity. — Frank Leahy
The drug ketamine, used as a 'dissociative' anesthetic, can produce subjective reports of conscious awareness outside the body, as can… — Unknown Author
Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days — Hafez
Each wrong act brings with it its own anesthetic, dulling the conscience and blinding it against further light, and sometimes… — Rose Macaulay
Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because… — Erik Larson
I want my whole life lined with a topical anesthetic. — Chuck Palahniuk
A preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he… — Art Linkletter
There is no greater anesthetic than sport. — John Oliver
Married sex is like being awake during your own autopsy. It is root canal work without anesthetic. — Al Goldstein
I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It's good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills,… — Cornell Woolrich

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