It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose : Bacon's Essays - Page 170by Francis Bacon - 1884 - 641 pagesFull view - About this book
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