FastSaying
So shall they build me altars in their zeal, Where knaves shall minister, and fools shall kneel: Where faith may mutter o'er her mystic spell, Written in blood--and Bigotry may swell The sail he spreads for Heav'n with blasts from hell!
Edward Moore
Worship
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Together kneeling, night and day, Thou, for my sake, at Allah's shrine, And I--at any God's for thine.
— Thomas Moore
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The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
— Edward Gibbon
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I'll tell thee what it says; it calls me villain, a treacherous husband, a cruel father, a false brother; one lost to nature and her charities; or to say all in one short word, it calls me - Gamester.
— Edward Moore
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Calls
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I am rich beyond the dreams of avarice.
— Edward Moore
Wealth
Ay, rail at gaming - 'tis a rich topic, and affords noble declamation. Go, preach against it in the city - you'll find a congregation in every tavern.
— Edward Moore
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