Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live."
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George Carlin
Comedian, Actor
"If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen defrocked, doesn't it follow that electricians can be delighted, musicians denoted?"
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain."
Martin Luther
Theologian
"The defects of a preacher are soon spied."
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, Essayist, Critic
"I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life."
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"In the 'bullshit department' a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman."
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"It is indeed time for the clergyman and the psychotherapist to join forces."
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"Anyone who makes a decision at our meetings is seen later and referred to a local clergyman, Protestant, Catholic, or Jewish."
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"Send for a clergyman, I wish to be baptised. I have been basely murdered."
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"Again, as I had often met it in my own church, I was confronted with the Impurity of Women doctrine that seemed to preoccupy all clergymen."
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"The next time a prostitute solicits your business, ask for the clergyman's rate."
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"A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor."
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