Anton Chekhov
Playwright, Short Story Writer
"Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf."
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Pious
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"There is in superstition a senseless fear of God; religion consists in the pious worship of Him."
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Religion is the pious worship of God."
Moliere
Playwright, Actor
"Although I am a pious man, I am not the less a man."
Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"Peace will not be preserved by pious sentiments."
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"My parents are deeply pious Hindus."
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"A pious fraud. [Lat., Pia fraus.]"
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"A thing can only live through a pious illusion."
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