"Men always makes gods in their own image." — Xenophanes
"Men always makes gods in their own image."
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Xenophanes
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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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For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.
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God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
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