Quotes About Gods

But the great leveler, Death: not even the gods can defend a man, not even one they love, that day when fate takes hold and lays him out at last.

The friendship of a great man is a favor of the gods.

The deeds of men never escape the gods. [Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]

Creation is man's immortality and brings him nearest to the gods.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

If there are any gods whose chief concern is man, they can't be very important gods.

You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age; wretched in both.

And sing to those that hold the vital shears; And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.

When a man is at peace with his gods and ancestors, his harvest will be good or bad according to the strength of his arm.

Mankind has been punished long and heavily for having created its gods; nothing but pain and persecution have been man's lot since gods began.

Do you know the primary difference between men and gods? ... Gods don't think they can become men

History is littered with examples of men who would become gods, but only one example of God becoming Man.

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death, and his affairs are not neglected by the gods.

The gods confound the man who first found out How to distinguish hours! Confound him, too, Who in this place set up a sun-dial, To cut and hack my days so wretchedly Into small portions.

War is the father and king of all: some he has made gods, and some men; some slaves and some free.

The gods are immortal men, and men are mortal gods.

If any man obeys the gods, they listen to him also.

Gods and men honor those who have fought in battle.

The Fates are here because of supernal anger, celestial imbalance, and arrogance of men and gods that must be curbed.

Atheism in its negation of gods is at the same time the strongest affirmation of man, and through man, the eternal yea to life, purpose, and beauty.

Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as poor Caligula.

Nor at all can tell Whether I mean this day to end myself, Or lend an ear to Plato where he says, That men like soldiers may not quit the post Allotted by the Gods.

Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man.

Madness ends sometimes. The Gods decree it, not man.