Cultural and Religious Reference To Pigs
Pigs are frequently referenced in culture and religion and are a popular topic for idioms and famous quotes.
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Famous quotes containing the words cultural, religious, reference and/or pigs:
“The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce such a deficit, and even threaten human survival.”
—Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)
“One of the duties which devolve upon women in the present interesting crisis, is to prepare themselves for more extensive usefulness, by making use of those religious and literary privileges and advantages that are within their reach, if they will only stretch out their hands and possess them.”
—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)
“The common behavior of mankind is the system of reference by means of which we interpret an unknown language.”
—Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951)
“Some people fear gaining fame the way pigs fear gaining weight.”
—Chinese proverb.