FastSaying

It does not, surely, require such torrents of blood to satisfy any reasonable man that nothing can be a more impious presumption than for either side to think themselves entitled to count the Almighty as an ally in such a pitiful display of human passion.

James L. Petigru

James L. Petigru

AllyAlmightyAnyBloodCountDisplayDoesEitherEntitledHumanManMoreNothingPassionPitifulPresumptionReasonableRequireSatisfySideSurelyThanThemselvesThink

Related Quotes

I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
— Stephen Fry
AnyExperiencedI Think
I don't think that Keane will display his nastier side,
— Zinedine Zidane
DisplayNastierSide
People are entitled to the presumption of innocence.
— Barney Frank
EntitledInnocencePeople
It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.
— James Boswell
AnyEveryEvery Man
It's a naive domestic Burgundy without any breeding, but I think you'll be amused by its presumption.
— James Thurber
AmusedAnyBreeding