Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, Mathematician
"Every great idea starts out as a blasphemy."
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Blasphemy
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Andre Gide
Novelist
"The pettiness of a mind can be measured by the pettiness of its adoration or its blasphemy."
Sam Smith
Singer
"Would to God, brethren, I could tell you WHO I am! Would to God I could tell you WHAT I know! But you would call it blasphemy and want to take my life!"
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright, Critic
"All great Truth first starts as Blasphemy."
Leo Tolstoy
Novelist, Philosopher
"In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy."
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"Once blasphemy again God was the greatest blasphemy; but God died, and thereupon those blasphemers died too."
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