The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.
John SeldenTalk what you will of the Jews,--that they are cursed: they thrive wherever they come; they are able to oblige the prince of their country by lending him money; none of them beg; they keep together; and as for their being hated, why, Christians hate one another as much.
John Selden