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Gods Quotes by Epicurus
- It is vain to ask of the gods what man is capable of supplying for himself.
- There is nothing to fear from gods, There is nothing to feel in death, Good can be attained, Evil can be endured.
- The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so, cannot; or they neither can nor…
- It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
- If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another
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