Quote by Lafcadio Hearn
Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of jud

Is woman a religion? Well, perhaps you will have the chance of judging for yourselves if you go to America. There you will find men treating women with just the same respect formerly accorded only to religious dignitaries or to great nobles. – Lafcadio Hearn

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It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found – indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Poetry
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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Marriage
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I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. – Lafcadio Hearn

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Poetry
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The Church has its problems, but the older I get, the more comfort I find there. – Bono

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Religion

Teach us to give and not to count the cost. – Saint Ignatius

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Religion

Mankind have banned the Divinity from their presence; they have relegated him to a sanctuary; the walls of the temple restrict his view; he does not exist outside of it. – Diderot, Pensées philosophiques, 1746

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Religion

Religion can be the enemy of God. Its often what happens when God, like Elvis, has left the building. – Bono

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Religion

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An exaggeration is a truth that has lost its temper. – Khalil Gibran

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