GODS AND GODDESSES

Related Subjects: Atheism, Cupid, Fate, God, Idolatry, Mythology, Pan, Superstition, Venus, Worship

1. Slowly but surely moveth the might of the gods.—EURIPIDES, Bacchae

2. These things surely lie on the knees of the gods.—HOMER, Odyssey
   

3. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.—KIPLING, Public Waste
   

4. Man is certainly stark mad; he cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.—MONTAIGNE, Essays
   

5. And this which you deem of no moment is the very highest of all: that is whether you have a right idea of the gods, whereby you may live your life well or ill.—PLATO, Laws
   

6. The great god Pan is dead.—PLUTARCH
   

7. With regard to the gods I know not whether they exist or not, or what they are like. Many things prevent our knowing: the subject is obscure, and brief is the span of our mortal life.—PROTAGORAS
   

8. In Paestum's ancient fanes I trod,
   And mused on those strange men of old,
   Whose dark religion could unfold
   So many gods, and yet no God.—R. W. RAYMOND, Ramblings in Greece
   

9. The saying is wise, though it sounds like a jest,
   That "the gods don't allow us to be in their debt,"
   For though we may think we are specially blest,
   We are certain to pay for the favors we get!—J. G. SAXE, The Gifts of the Gods
   

10. The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
    Make instruments to plague us.—SHAKESPEARE,. King Lear
    

11. As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods;
    They kill us for their sport.—SHAKESPEARE, King Lear
    

12. I call the gods to witness.—SHAKESPEARE, Timon of Athens
    

13. To the gods alone Belongs it never to be old or die,
    But all things else melt with all-powerful Time.—SOPHOCLES, Oedipus Coloneus
    

14. Men have always made their gods in their own images—The Greeks like the Greeks, the Ethiopians like the Ethiopians.—XENOPHANES