We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us.


The Writings of Mark Twain: Following the equator; a journey around the world (ed. 1809)

Mark Twain Quotes

We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency,...

We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency,...

We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency,...

We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency,...