“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.” BelieveHandsMovingReligionPoliticsSidesAtheismSubjectsHistoricalAtheistAppearanceTyrannyDevotionTreatmentIllegalTyrantsRulersPiousUncommonAtheistic Author:Aristotle
“Do you know...what I think is a great pity? It is this: that we have all become such skeptics that we hardly believe what our pious grandmothers told us.” ThinkingKnowsBelievePityGrandmotherDo You KnowSkepticPious Author:Isak Dinesen
“It is very pious to say and prudent to affirm that the holy Bible can never speak untruth -- whenever its true meaning is understood. But I believe nobody will deny that it is often very abstruse, and may say things which are quite different from wha.” BelieveMayDifferentSpeakI BelieveHolyUnderstoodBibleDenyPiousPrudentHoly BibleUntruthTrue Meaning Book:Men of physics: Galileo Galilei, his life and his works Source: Men of physics: Galileo Galilei, his life and his works