Pious Lies Quotes

“How I suffered when I had to preach to you those pious lies that I detest in my heart. What remorse your credulity caused me! A thousand times I was on the point of breaking out publicly and opening your eyes, but a fear stronger than myself held me back, and forced me to keep silence until my death.”
― Jean Meslier, Testament: Memoir of the Thoughts and Sentiments of Jean Meslier

“Those who replace love in people’s life with bread, are deceitful, and call their deceit “pious”.”
― Alireza Salehi Nejad, The Third World: Country or People

“Pious” is a sword that the clever always use it to eliminate the truth.”
― Alireza Salehi Nejad, The Third World: Country or People