Quote by Lucanus

God cheats men into living on by hiding how blest it is to die

— Lucan

“God is bad, truth is a cheat, and life is a joke.”

— Jack London

“Creating gods who can see everything, and who hate cheaters and oath breakers, turns out to be a good way to reduce cheating and…

— Jonathan Haidt

“When a mortal man breaks a people, it is always blamed on the gods.”

— S.M. White

“Only the gods have many destinies and need never die. They are filled with everything and experience everything. Everything - except human happiness. That…

— Pär Lagerkvist

“From the darkness of my hiding place, I would ask God to forgive the transgressors and have mercy on every man, as he himself…

— Shimon Peres

“Human nature, gentleman. It is original sin that leads men to misfortune, every time. I am a speculator in the market, gentlemen, and that…

— Edward Rutherfurd

“If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one…

— Epicurus

“It is possible for God to live in a man and for the man to still be useless.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“...if God is a man, I am screwed, for there is nothing men like more than to show their omnipotence over others, leaving in…

— Kergan Edwards-Stout

“As if your God himself had need of you his life to live. And so in truth He does.”

— Mirdad

“It isn't our circumstances that make life worth living. It's God.”

— Cindee Snider Re