It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written.

Karl Marx
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It is well known how the monks wrote silly lives of Catholic Saints over the manuscripts on which the classical works of ancient heathendom had been written. This quote from comedian George Carlin is a light-hearted poke at the often dim view that people take of religious figures. In this case, it is a play on words, as Carlin is making a pun on the names of Catholic saints, which are often used as nouns.

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