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> [Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since they are always about to exist?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/therefore-if-the-gods-are-immortal-and-eternal-what-need-is-there-of/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

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## More by Lactantius

> [Can anyone be so foolish as to believe that there are men whose feet are higher than their heads, or places where things may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/can-anyone-be-so-foolish-as-to-believe-that-there-are-men-whose-feet/)

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> [For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/for-they-the-philosophers-were-considered-teachers-of-right-living/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/nobody-is-poor-unless-he-stand-in-need-of-justice/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/the-first-point-of-wisdom-is-to-discern-that-which-is-false-the/)

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> [Cicero, in his treatise concerning the Nature of the Gods, having said that three Jupiters were enumerated by theologians, adds that the third was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/cicero-in-his-treatise-concerning-the-nature-of-the-gods-having-said/)

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> [Homer was able to give us no information relating to the truth, for he wrote of human rather than divine things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/homer-was-able-to-give-us-no-information-relating-to-the-truth-for-he/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Therefore, if the gods are immortal and eternal, what need is there of the other sex, when they themselves do not require succession, since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/therefore-if-the-gods-are-immortal-and-eternal-what-need-is-there-of/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [When their city was occupied by the Gauls, and the Romans, who were besieged in the Capitol, had made military engines from the hair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/when-their-city-was-occupied-by-the-gauls-and-the-romans-who-were/)

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> [The whole point of justice consists precisely in our providing for others through humanity what we provide for our own family through affection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/the-whole-point-of-justice-consists-precisely-in-our-providing-for/)

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> [There is no one, who possesses intelligence and uses reflection, who does not understand that it is one Being who both created all things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/there-is-no-one-who-possesses-intelligence-and-uses-reflection-who/)

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> [It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/it-is-possible-that-mount-olympus-may-have-supplied-the-poets-with/)

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> [ “I am inclined to think that the corrupting influence of the stage is even worse \[than that of the arena\]. The subjects of comedies… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/i-am-inclined-to-think-that-the-corrupting-influence-of-the-stage-is/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/where-fear-is-present-wisdom-cannot-be/)

[Lactantius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lactantius/)

> [Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/therefore-let-men-withdraw-themselves-from-errors-and-laying-aside/)

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> [The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the one God, they predicted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lactantius/the-prophets-who-were-very-many-proclaim-and-declare-the-one-god-for/)

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