"Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers."

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"Cease to think that the decrees of the gods can be changed by prayers."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

God, Work

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

God, Atheism, Philosophy

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

Voltaire, French Writer

God,

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

Voltaire, French Writer

God,

"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

David Foster Wallace, American Writer

God, Eyes

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

God, Humor, Performance, Being

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

God,

"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

God, Truth, People, Idea

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

God, Animals, Being, Disease

"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

God, Gods, Lovers

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"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."

Fortune

"Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety."

Confidence

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

Blood

"Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances."

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"Every man makes a god of his own desire."

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"But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained."

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"Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember."

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"God was satisfied with his own work, and that is fatal."

"Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God."

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him."

"The reader becomes God, for all textual purposes. I see your eyes glazing over, so I'll hush."

"It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance."

"God's dice always have a lucky roll."

"You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements."

"Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head."

"To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods."

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"Better times perhaps await us who are now wretched."

"Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance."

"Their rage supplies them with weapons."

"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."

"Confidence cannot find a place wherein to rest in safety."

"Want of pluck shows want of blood."

"Persevere and preserve yourselves for better circumstances."

"Every man makes a god of his own desire."

"But meanwhile time flies; it flies never to be regained."

"Perhaps even these things, one day, will be pleasing to remember."