"It is possible that Mount Olympus may have……" — Lactantius
"It is possible that Mount Olympus may have supplied the poets with the hint for saying that Jupiter obtained the kingdom of heaven, because Olympus is the common name both of the mountain and of heaven."
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28 Quotes by Lactantius
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Modesty in human beings is praised because it is not a matter of nature, but of will.
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For when God forbids us to kill, he not only prohibits us from open violence, which is not even allowed…
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Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.
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Devils so work that things which are not, appear to men as if they were real.
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Let those who are famished come that they may lay aside perpetual hunger and be filled with heavenly food.
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Let it be known that this is the true Church, in which there is confession and penance and which takes…
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The prophets, who were very many, proclaim and declare the one God; for, being filled with the inspiration of the…
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Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he…
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The first point of wisdom is to. discern what is false; the second, to know what is true.
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