"...for our wisdom is better than the strength……" — Xenophanes
"...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom. For if there should be in the city [any athlete whose skill] is honoured more than strength ... the city would not on that account be any better governed."
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Xenophanes
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31 Quotes by Xenophanes
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It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.
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But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought.
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This upper limit, of earth at our feet is visible and touches the air, but below it reaches to infinity
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Men always makes gods in their own image.
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For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.
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