"Ungodlike" Quotes from Famous Books
... supposed to have been shown by signs and miracles, indications that the gods were displeased, and that expiations were necessary.[14] The superstition, as is the fate of all superstitions, had frequently been used for most ungodlike purposes. If a man had a political enemy, what could do him better service than to make the populace believe that a house had been crushed by a thunder-bolt, or that a woman had given birth to a pig instead of a child, because Jupiter had been offended by that ... — The Life of Cicero - Volume II. • Anthony Trollope |