"If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands..." — Xenophanes
"If cattle and horses, or lions, had hands..."
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31 Quotes by Xenophanes
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If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do,…
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Ethiopians imagine their gods as black and snub-nosed; Thracians blue-eyed and red-haired. But if horses or lions had hands, or…
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The sea is the source of water and the source of wind; for neither would blasts of wind arise in…
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No human being will ever know the truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would…
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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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In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in…
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If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would…
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The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking…
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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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We're dabbling in eugenics all the time, breeding ideal crops to replace less aesthetic or nutritious or hardy varieties; leveling…
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Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon…
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I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was -…
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My dad was the manager at the 45,000-acre ranch, but he owned his own 1,200-acre ranch, and I owned four…
— Dave Brubeck
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"You got beef, bring your cow, I will cattle you"
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A study of Disease-of Pestilences methodically prepared and deliberately launched upon man and beast-is certainly being pursue in the laboratories…
— Winston Churchill
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Restfulness is a quality for cattle; the virtues are all active, life is alert.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? Only the monstrous anger of the guns.
— Wilfred Owen
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Come to earth to taste our sadness, He whose glories knew no end. By His life He brings us gladness,…
— Charles Wesley
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Freedom is not empowerment. Empowerment is what the Serbs have in Bosnia. Anybody can grab a gun and be empowered.…
— P.J. O'Rourke
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Forests and trees make significant direct contributions to the nutrition of poor households ... [as] rural communities in Central Africa…
— Frances Ford Seymour
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