#gods

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

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The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods. ↗

— Ludwig Borne

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We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Those thinkers who cannot believe in any gods often assert that the love of humanity would be in itself sufficient for them; and so, perhaps, it would, if they had it. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Ritual will always mean throwing away something: destroying our corn or wine upon the altar of our gods. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

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Fear created the first gods in the world. ↗

— Caecilius Statius

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Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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The heart of marriage is memories; and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns, then your marriage is a gift from the gods. ↗

— Bill Cosby

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Well, I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods. ↗

— Imogen Cunningham

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