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“I see myself as a servant of the gods, though that may be only my vanity speaking.”
Raymond E. Feist (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“# A related trait of science is its destruction of idols, destruction of the gods men live by... Science has no absolute right or absolute justice... To live comfortably with science it is necessary to live with a dynamically changing system of concepts... it has a way of weakening old and respected bonds...”
Walter Orr Roberts (1915–1990) said by 1990 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“By about 1900 BC, successive invaders, notably from Spain, were ousting Stone Age rulers and bringing Britain into the Mediterranean trade orbit. Sophisticated engineers erected , the , the 20,000 s and smaller stone circles signalling to a sky thick with gods.”
Peter Vansittart (1920–2008) said by 2008 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have learned to dread what cometh suddenly, And sniff about a sweet thing like a hound: And most I dread the sudden gifts of gods.”
Stephen Phillips (born 1970) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Greeks believed the earth to be flat and circular, their own country occupying the middle of it, the central point being either Mount Olympus, the abode of the gods, or Delphi, so famous for its oracle.”
Thomas Bulfinch (1796–1867) said by 1867 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am the ageless Intelligence of this Universe. I created HarWer that I might define my Self. All other gods of all other times and nations have been created by men. This you know from the first Part of my Word, and from my manifest semblance, which alone is not of Earth.”
Michael A. Aquino (1946–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are all mere insects caught in the web that the gods spin for us.”
Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Desert God (2014)
“I call on the art gods to touch us in our most vulnerable, most selfless, most loving parts.”
Cherie Gil (1963–2022) first seen 2022 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://mb.com.ph/2022/08/06/i-love-you-ma-cherie-amour/
“The line which passes through Lanka, Vatsyapura, Avanti, Sthánesvara, and the "abode of the gods" [= Mount Meru = north pole] is the prime meridian [desantara vidhàyani, lit. the prime meridian for longitude differences.]”
Bhāskara I (600–680) said by 680 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bhaskara, quoted in C. K. Raju. Cultural Foundations of Mathematics: The Nature of Mathematical Proof and the Transmission of the Calculus from India to Europe. Pearson Education India, 2007
“Homage to thee, Osiris, Lord of eternity, King of the Gods, whose names are manifold, whose forms are holy, thou being of hidden form in the temples, whose Ka is holy.”
Imenmes first seen 1913 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Hymn to Osiris", tr. E. A. Wallis Budge, The Papyrus of Ani: A Reproduction in Facsimile, vol. 2 (1913) appx. 1, p. 59
“In this art of poetry, those who speak ill of Teika should be denied the protection of the gods and Buddhas and condemned to the punishments of hell.”
Shotetsu (1381–1459) said by 1459 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Conversations with Shotetsu (Shotetsu Monogatari), 1992, Translated by Robert H. Bower
“When Crassus left for his province he was hounded by a tribune who formally called on the gods to curse the proconsul and the unjust war he planned. Personal hatreds and rivalry loomed larger in most senators' minds than the good of the Republic.”
Adrian Goldsworthy (born 1969) first seen 55 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Crassus left Rome for Syria in November 55 BC. See: Cicero, ad Atticum, 4, 13; Plutarch, Crassus, 16
“. . . may the gods grant you all that you desire in your heart, and may they bestow on you a husband, a house, and good harmony of minds; there is nothing better or more powerful than this, when a man and his wife keep house in sympathy of mind — a great grief to their enemies, but a joy to those who wish them well; and they themselves are highly esteemed.”
Anthony Verity (born 1939) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In Mexican cosmology the sky fell down as a result of profound rainy spell. Two gods changed themselves into trees with which it was then supported. Rain also caused the collapse of the sky in a story told by the of the northwestern United States. , saw that the old sky which was made of and badly cracked in places was about to fall, so he and Thunder constructed a new sky.”
Maud Worcester Makemson (1891–1977) said by 1977 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The pagan myths are everywhere once you know to look,” she said, “even the ecumenical calendar. Easter is May Day in Christian garb, and All Saints Day falls right after Halloween, the Druid holiday of Samhain.” She raised her eyebrows. “The old gods never die, they just put on new faces.”
Dale Bailey (born 1968) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For Africa, the poem should read autochthonous people clutching alien gods. I have been a very close observer of the wind of Pentecostalism blowing over the continent”
Pius Adesanmi (1972–2019) said by 2019 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Juju Eyes is an intersection of vanity and superstition, and how a rebel in the Nigerian soul wields this intersection often to our own hurt. In every sphere of our lives, we make gods and try to kill them until we realise there is no such thing as divine suicide, or is there?”
Sam Omatseye (born 1961) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Africa is an annoying sibling, disappointing even, but you can’t get rid of them. So you focus on what’s good about them and beseech the gods to make them better the next day. Africa is home, despite its messyhouse.”
Harriet Anena wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even if I don’t know consciously all the gods and goddesses I am calling, I know they’re there”
Terri Lyne Carrington (born 1965) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Even when no one desires it, war still happens, whether by the will of the gods or the nature of man.”
Caroline Alexander (author) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.”
G. K. Chesterton (attributed) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "The Sleep of Trees" (1980) by Jane Yolen, in Tales of Wonder (1983) by Jane Yolen, p. 33
“Atheism is more than just the knowledge that gods do not exist, and that religion is either a mistake or a fraud. Atheism is an attitude, a frame of mind that looks at the world objectively, fearlessly, always trying to understand all things as a part of nature.”
Carl Sagan (misattributed) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Emmett F. Fields, in "Atheism : An Affirmative View" (1980)
“Philosophy lets the gods alone, and asks in turn to be let alone by them.”
Arthur Schopenhauer (attributed) first seen 1906 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Rufus King Noyes, Views of Religion, L.K. Washburn, Boston, Massachusetts , 1906.
“Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad.”
Euripides (misattributed) first seen 1854 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Anonymous ancient proverb, wrongly attributed to Euripides. The version here is quoted as a "heathen proverb" in Daniel, a Model for Young Men (1854) by William Anderson Scott. The origin of the misattribution to Euripi…
“The gods have placed sweat as the price of all things.”
Hesiod (disputed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The gods too are fond of a joke.”
Edward Albee (misattributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“’Tis chiefly taste, or blunt, or gross, or fine, Makes life insipid, bestial, or divine. Better be born with taste to little rent Than the dull monarch of a continent; Without this bounty which the gods bestow, Can Fortune make one favorite happy? No.”
John Armstrong (poet) (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kings are not elected. Gods are not elected.”
Cleopatra (misattributed) first seen 1963 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cleopatra as portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor, in Cleopatra (1963)
“Fear not to swear; the winds carry the perjuries of lovers without effect over land and sea, thanks to Jupiter. The father of the gods himself has denied effect to what foolish lovers in their eagerness have sworn.”
Tibullus (attributed) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Infernal gods, who rule the shades below, Chaos and Phlegethon, the realms of woe; Grant what I've heard I may to light expose, Secrets which earth, and night, and hell inclose!”
Christopher Pitt (misattributed) first seen 1709 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Richard Maitland, 4th Earl of Lauderdale, The Works of Virgil, Translated Into English Verse (1709), Aeneid, Book VI, lines 328–331, p. 210
“I would the gods had made thee poetical.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings; Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Immortal gods, I crave no pelf; I pray for no man but myself; Grant I may never prove so fond, To trust man on his oath or bond.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Ye gods, it doth amaze me A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Conjure with 'em,-- Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Cæsar. Now, in the names of all the gods at once, Upon what meat doth this our Cæsar feed, That he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed! Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A dish fit for the gods.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Should I have answer'd Caius Cassius so? When Marcus Brutus grows so covetous, To lock such rascal counters from his friends, Be ready, gods, with all your thunderbolts: Dash him to pieces!”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Upon such sacrifices, my Cordelia, The gods themselves throw incense.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Since Cleopatra died, I have liv'd in such dishonour that the gods Detest my baseness.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Thou art all the comfort The gods will diet me with.”
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) said by 1616 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying. If all the world be worth the winning, Think, oh think it worth enjoying: Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee.”
John Dryden (1631–1700) said by 1700 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death?”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) said by 1719 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The glorious fault of angels and of gods.”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Gods! How the son degenerates from the sire!”
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) said by 1744 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“The gods approve The depth, and not the tumult, of the soul.”
William Wordsworth (1770–1850) said by 1850 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Land of lost gods and godlike men.”
Lord Byron (1788–1824) said by 1824 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Whom the gods love die young," was said of yore.”
Lord Byron (1788–1824) said by 1824 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods?”
Thomas B. Macaulay (1800–1859) said by 1859 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A daughter of the gods, divinely tall, And most divinely fair.”
Alfred Tennyson (active around 1809) bartlett, Public domain source