"Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion."
― Ambrose Bierce
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Religion
― Ambrose Bierce
More From Ambrose Bierce
- "Perseverance – a lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success."
- "Present, n. That part of eternity dividing the domain of disappointment from the realm of hope."
- "Sabbath – a weekly festival having its origin in the fact that God made the world in six days and was arrested on the seventh."
More In Religion
- "The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance."― Robert Bork
- "What I miss today more than anything else – I don’t go to church as much anymore – but that old-time religion, that old singing, that old praying which I love so much. That is the great strength of my being, of my writing."― Ernest Gaines
- "I played professional level sports. When you’re playing for money, it’s a whole other level."― Kurt Russell