Famous Quotes | As, therefore, we can have no...
As, therefore, we can have no dependence upon morality without religion;Mso, on the other hand, there is nothing better to be expected from religion without morality;Mnevertheless, ‘tis no prodigy to see a man whose real moral character stands very low, who yet entertains the highest notion of himself, in the light of a religious man.
- Laurence Sterne
Attribution: Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), British author, clergyman. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1760), vol. 2, ch. 17, eds. Melvyn New and Joan New, University of Florida Press (1978). From his previously published “Abuses of Conscience” sermon (1750), read by Corporal Trim to the Shandy family.
Categories: Author, Character, Clergyman, Morals, Religion
