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Gods Quotes by Michel de Montaigne
- Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.
- Man is quite insane. He wouldn?t know how to create a maggot, and he creates Gods by the dozen.
- That is why Bias jested with those who were going through the perils of a great storm with him and calling on the gods for…
- Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm or a flea and yet will create Gods by the dozen!
- Oh these foolish men! They could not create so much as a worm, but they create gods by the dozens.
- Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.
More Gods Quotes
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of… — Charles A. Beard
- Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts. — Aeschylus
- Who apart from the gods is without pain for his whole lifetime's length? — Aeschylus
- Who, except the gods, can live time through forever without any pain? — Aeschylus
- Heathenism is a state of mind. You can take it that I'm referring to one who does not see his world. He… — David Bowie
- Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods.… — Dan Brown
- When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I… — Leon Battista Alberti
- And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods. — Samuel Butler
- Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end. — Taylor Caldwell