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Letter "T" » the gods
«It is occasionally possible to charge Hell with a bucket of water, but against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain»
Author: Doris Fleeson
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About:
Hell
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«No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.»
«If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another»
Author: Epicurus
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About:
Prayer
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«It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.»
«Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads. This can be traced back to the very beginning of the world. The gods were bored; therefore they created human beings.»
«Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.»
Author: Confucius
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About:
Anger,
Art,
Truth
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«Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much.»
Author: G. K. Chesterton
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Critic,
Essayist,
Novelist,
Poet)
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«In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men»
«In nothing do men approach so nearly to the Gods, as in giving health to men.»
«Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.»