Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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For "ignorance is the mother of devotion," as all the world knows.[193:1]

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.

The fear of some divine and supreme powers keeps men in obedience.[193:2]

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.

Out of too much learning become mad.

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 2.

The Devil himself, which is the author of confusion and lies.

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 3.

Isocrates adviseth Demonicus, when he came to a strange city, to worship by all means the gods of the place.

Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 5.