CREED.
Sapping a solemn creed with solemn sneer.
Childe Harold, Canto III. LORD BYRON.
But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast
To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.
Lalla Rookh: Veiled Prophet of Khorassan. T. MOORE.
For fools are stubborn in their way,
As coins are hardened by th' allay;
And obstinacy's ne'er so stiff
As when 'tis in a wrong belief.
Hudibras, Pt. III. Canto II. S. BUTLER.
You can and you can't,
You will and you won't;
You'll be damned if you do,
You'll be damned if you don't.
Chain (Definition of Calvinism). L. DOW.
They believed—faith, I'm puzzled—I think I may call
Their belief a believing in nothing at all,
Or something of that sort; I know they all went
For a general union of total dissent.
A Fable for Critics. J.R. LOWELL.
We are our own fates. Our own deeds
Are our doomsmen. Man's life was made
Not for men's creeds,
But men's actions.
Lucile, Pt. II. Canto V. LORD LYTTON (Owen Meredith).
Go put your creed into your deed.
Nor speak with double tongue.
Ode: Concord, July 4, 1857. R.W. EMERSON.