...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to… — Xenophanes Accounts Copy Share Image
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they… — Xenophanes Adultery Copy Share Image
If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would… — Xenophanes Art Copy Share Image
The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected. — Xenophanes Each day Copy Share Image
No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even… — Xenophanes Chance Copy Share Image
If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods… — Xenophanes Atheism Copy Share Image
There is one god, greatest among gods and men, who bears no similarity to humans either in shape or thought... but humans… — Xenophanes Animal Copy Share Image
In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course… — Xenophanes All things Copy Share Image
But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that… — Xenophanes Able Copy Share Image
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes All things Copy Share Image
“The Ethiops say that their gods are flat-nosed and black, While the Thracians say that theirs have blue eyes and red hair.… — Xenophanes Image Copy Share Image
But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought. — Xenophanes All things Copy Share Image
God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought. — Xenophanes Body Copy Share Image
The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may… — Xenophanes All things Copy Share Image
God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind.The whole [of god] sees, the… — Xenophanes All things Copy Share Image
“The gods did not reveal, from the beginning, All things to us, but in the course of time Through seeking we may… — Xenophanes Time Copy Share Image
If oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image. — Xenophanes Atheism Copy Share Image
Even if a man should chance to speak the most complete truth, yet he himself does not know it; all things are… — Xenophanes All things Copy Share Image