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The gods did not reveal, from the beginning,
All things to us, but in the course of time
Through seeking we may learn and know things better.
But as for certain truth, no man has known it,
Nor shall he know it,neither of the gods
Nor yet of all the things of which I speak.
For even if by chance he were to utter
The final truth, he would himself not know it:
For all is but a woven web of guesses
For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.
Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.
God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
The clear and perfect truth no man has seen, nor will there be anyone who knows about the gods and what I say about all things ... ; for, however perfect what he says may be, yet he does not know it; all things are matters of opinion.
All things that come into being and grow are earth and water.
If God had not made brown honey, men would think figs much sweeter than they do.
For we are all sprung from earth and water
If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands, or were able to draw with their feet and produce the works which men do, horses would draw the forms of gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make the gods' bodies the same shape as their own.
There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind.
The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair.
One god there is, in no way like mortal creatures either in bodily form or in the thought of his mind. The whole of him sees, the whole of him thinks, the whole of him hears. He stays always motionless in the same place; it is not fitting that he should move about now this way, now that.
Pure truth no man has seen, nor ever shall know.
In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time find them out better.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
Men create the gods in their own image.
This upper limit, of earth at our feet is visible and touches the air, but below it reaches to infinity
All men begin their learning with Homer.
Even if a man should chance to speak the most complete truth, yet he himself does not know it; all things are wrapped in appearances
