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Isn't all religions curious? If they weren't you wouldn't get anyone to believe them.

— Seán O'Casey

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I wouldn't be everlasting' cockin' me earth hear every little whisper that was floatin' around me! It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be dethrimental to keep it.

The Plough and the Stars (1926)

A man should always be drunk, Minnie, when he talks politics — it's the only way in which to make them important.

She dhresses herself to keep him with her, but it's no use — afther a month or two, th'wondher of a woman wears off.

The Plough and the Stars (1926)

If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The Plough and the Stars (1926)

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All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

The moment the idea is admitted into society, that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.

John Adams A Defence of the Constitutions of Government (1787)

The Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

Thomas Babington Macaulay History of England (1849)

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