Sydney Smith's Quote - What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice a

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What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice a

What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion! – Sydney Smith

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Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible. – Sydney Smith

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In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith

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He not only overflowed with learning, but stood in the slop. – Sydney Smith

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Cruel persecutions and intolerance are not accidents, but grow out of the very essence of religion, namely, its absolute claims. – Morris Raphael Cohen

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[R]eligion cannot be given or bought, but must grow as trees grow, needing frost and snow, rain and wind to strengthen it before it is deep-rooted in the soul. – Louisa May Alcott, “Through the Mist,” Work: A Story of Experience, 1873

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Religion is a fashionable substitute for Belief. – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

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Certain I am, that Christian Religion does no where allow Rebellion. – Mary Astell

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