And yet there is a constant increase of high, pretty, shining works of men's devising, or of works which look like these true works, but at bottom are all without faith and without faithfulness; in short, there is nothing good back of them.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume I) by Martin Luther
My brother, for instance, says there is no God, but at Easter he is the first to run off to the morning service."
— from The Black Monk, and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
[Sidenote: 1563] that the "incarnate devils" of Englishmen returned from Italy said "there is no God" and then, "they first lustily condemn God, then scornfully mock his Word . . .
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith
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