Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, a… - Arthur Helps

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Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.

Arthur Helps

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Sir Arthur Helps (10 July 1813 – 7 March 1875) was an English writer and dean of the Privy Council.

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François de La Rochefoucauld Jean de La Bruyère Samuel Butler Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Samuel Johnson

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Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion. - Arthur Helps

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