Quote#World
For ignorance is the mother of devotion, as all the world knows, and…
Quote byRobert Burton · 1577–1640
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Part III, Section 4, member 1, subsection 2, Causes of Religious melancholy. From the Devil by miracles, apparitions, oracles. His instruments or factors, politicians, Priests, Impostors, Heretics, blind guides. In them simplicity, fear, blind zeal, ignorance, solitariness, curiosity, pride, vainglo.
English (original)
For ignorance is the mother of devotion, as all the world knows, and these times can amply witness.
— Robert Burton
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