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Alexander Pope
No silver saints, by dying misers giv'n, Here brib'd the rage of ill-requited heav'n; But such plain roofs as Piety could raise, And only vocal with the Maker's praise.
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Alexander Pope
Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his Name.
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Bible
And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
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Daniel Defoe
Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there; And twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
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Gabriel Paleotti
There can be no church in which the demon will not have his chapel.
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Gabriel Paleotti
It is not about the pasture of the sheep, but about their wool. Lat., Non est de pastu ovium quaestio, sed de lana.
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George Crabbe
What is a church? Let Truth and reason speak, They would reply, The faithful, pure and meek, From Christian folds, the one selected race, Of all professions, and in every place.
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George Crabbe
What is a church?--Our honest sexton tells, Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.
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George Herbert
No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devill builds a Chappell hard by. No sooner is a Temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.
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George Herbert
When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven.
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Henry Bennett
Oh! St. Patrick was a gentleman, Who came of decent people; He built a church in Dublin town, And on it put a steeple.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Well has the name of Pontifex been given Unto the Church's head, as the chief builder And architect of the invisible bridge That leads from earth to heaven.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion. Ger., Die Kirch' allein, meine lieben Frauen, Kann ungerechtes Gut verdauen.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The church alone beyond all question Has for ill-gotten goods the right digestion. Ger., Die Kirch' allein, meine lieben Frauen, Kann ungerechtes Gut verdauen.
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Matthew Mathew Henry
It is common for those that are farthest from God, to boast themselves most of their being near to the Church.
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Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
To support those of your rights authorized by Heaven, destroy everything rather than yield; that is the spirit of the Church. Fr., Pour soutenir tes droits, que le ciel autorise, Abime tout plutot; c'est l'esprit de l'Eglise.
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Richard Bancroft
Where Christ erecteth his church, the divell in the same church-yarde will have his chappell.
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Robert Burton
Where God hath a temple, the devil will have a chapel.
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