Furthermore, as the body suffers the horrors of disease and the pangs of pain, so we see the mind stabbed with anguish, grief and fear. What more natural than that it should likewise have a share in death?
Such are the heights of wickedness to which men are driven by religion.
The sum of all sums is eternity.
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
Life is one long struggle in the dark.