Religious Profession

Famous quotes containing the words religious and/or profession:

“Divorce these days is a religious vow, as if the proper offspring of marriage.”
—Tertullian (c. 150–230)

“In the case of pirates, say, I would like to know whether that profession of theirs has any peculiar glory about it. It sometimes ends in uncommon elevation, indeed; but only at the gallows.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)