Edmond de Goncourt Quotes

If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

Edmond de Goncourt

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• If there is a God, atheism must seem to Him as less of an insult than religion.

  

  Edmond de Goncourt
  • God
  • Religion
  • Insult