Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities. (Johann Kaspar Lavater)

Superstition always inspires littleness, religion grandeur of mind; the superstitious raises beings inferior to himself to deities.

Johann Kaspar Lavater

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