Oath of Office/religious Bodies

Famous quotes containing the words oath of, oath, office, religious and/or bodies:

    “The oath of a lover is no stronger than the word of a
    tapster; they are both the confirmer of false reckonings.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “I’ll have my bond, speak not against my bond,
    I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Reason is, and ought only to be the slave of the passions, and can never pretend to any other office than to serve and obey them.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “For a truly religious man nothing is tragic.”
    —Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)

    “He’s in the other room getting stiffer than the bodies he demonstrates.”
    —Philip MacDonald, and Robert Wise. Landlord, The Body Snatcher, directing Gray to the drunken Dr. MacFarland (1945)