Quote#God & Faith
People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty
Quote byHerbert Beerbohm Tree · 1852–1917
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Importance of Humour in Tragedy: Presidential Address Delivered at the Birmingham Midland Institute, 1915", Nothing Matters, and Other Stories (1917) p. 207..
English (original)
People are too apt to treat God as if he were a minor royalty.
— Herbert Beerbohm Tree
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