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Men Quotes by Xenophanes
- If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would paint the forms…
- Ethiopians imagine their gods as black and snub-nosed; Thracians blue-eyed and red-haired. But if horses or lions had hands, or could draw and fashion works…
- It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
- 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…
- The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may learn & know…
- Men always makes gods in their own image.
- God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
- 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
- ...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom. For…
- God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind.The whole [of god] sees, the whole perceives, the…
- Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them…
- There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind.
- Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.
- All men begin their learning with Homer.
- But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can do,…
- Men create the gods in their own image.
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