Quote#God & Faith
Utopus having understood that before his coming among them the old…
Quote byThomas More · 1478–1535
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Utopia (1516), Ch. 9 : Of the Religions of the Utopians.
English (original)
Utopus having understood that before his coming among them the old inhabitants had been engaged in great quarrels concerning religion, by which they were so divided among themselves, that he found it an easy thing to conquer them, since, instead of uniting their forces against him, every different party in religion fought by themselves.
— Thomas More
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