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Whom the gods love dies young.
Nearer the gods no mortal may approach.
When the gods wish to punish us they answer our prayers.
Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts.
Against stupidity the very gods themselves contend in vain.
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.
Glen Tipton and K.K. Downing are the gods of double-guitar axemanship.
As flies to wanton boys, are we to the gods; they kill us for their sport.
In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.
The gods conceal from men the happiness of death, that they may endure life.
It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?
Religion and gods and beliefs - for me, it all comes down to your brother. And your brother might be the brother in your family, or it might be the guy next to you in the foxhole - it's about human connections.
From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
All the lessons of history in four sentences: Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad with power. The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small. The bee fertilizes the flower it robs. When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.