A Quote by David R. Mains
Increasingly, Christianity is the object of scorn and ridicule.
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All affectation; 'tis my perfect scorn;
Object of my implacable disgust.
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A flippant, frivolous man may ridicule others, may controvert them, scorn them; but he who has any respect for himself seems to have renounced the right of thinking meanly of others.
