God is Love-I dare say. But what a mischievous devil Love is!

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

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Nature of God

Author

Samuel Butler (Novelist)

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1902 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Samuel Butler. The Note-Books of Samuel Butler, edited by Henry Festing Jones. A. C. Fifield, 1912, ch. 14.

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Things get worse Pessimism

Author

Jules Renard
Medium
Personal journal
Language
French
Time
1908 1900s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Renard, Jules. Journal entry. 31 Oct. 1908.

Current Citation

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God is stupidity and cowardice; God is hypocrisy and falsehood. God is tyranny and poverty; God is evil. For as long as men bow before altars, mankind will remain damned, the slaves of kings and priests.

Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

The System of Economic Contradictions

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Nature of God God

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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Source
The System of Economic Contradictions
Genre
Philosophical literature Political literature
Language
French
Time
1846 1840s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph. Systeme des contradictions economiques ou Philosophie de la misere [The System of Economic Contractictions, or Philosophy of Misery]. Paris: Chez Guilla umin et Cie, 1846, ch. 8.