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One must be a sage to recognize a sage. — Xenophanes

The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair. — Xenophanes

Pure truth no man has seen, nor ever shall know. — Xenophanes

The fun of directing for me, other than working with the actors, is trying to extract those ideas that you have in your head and make them real. — Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

If people knew how much ill-feeling unselfishness occasions, it would not be so often recommended from the pulpit. — C.S. Lewis

All men begin their learning with Homer. — Xenophanes

Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count. — Winona Ryder

But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought. — Xenophanes

I want to go with you," I told him.
"To Egypt?" I whispered.
"Wherever you go. — Sandra Gulland

It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom. — Xenophanes

Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle. — Walt Whitman

If oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint, they would delineate the gods in their own image. — Xenophanes

Sometimes pain is easier to bear alone than happiness. — Nathaniel Branden

God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought. — Xenophanes

This upper limit, of earth at our feet is visible and touches the air, but below it reaches to infinity — Xenophanes

All things that come into being and grow are earth and water. — Xenophanes

If an ox could paint a picture, his god would look like an ox. — Xenophanes

If horses had Gods, they would look like horses. — Xenophanes

There is nothing you need to do first in order to be enlightened. — Thaddeus Golas

Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom. — Xenophanes

For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth. — Xenophanes

If God had not made brown honey, men would think figs much sweeter than they do. — Xenophanes

The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected. — Xenophanes

Men always makes gods in their own image. — Xenophanes

Men create the gods in their own image. — Xenophanes

Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure. — Faye Wattleton

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man. — Xenophanes

Even if a man should chance to speak the most complete truth, yet he himself does not know it; all things are wrapped in appearances — Xenophanes

If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look like horses. — Xenophanes

For we are all sprung from earth and water — Xenophanes

There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind. — Xenophanes

If you want to serve the country, you recognize it's rough and tumble. And it's nothing like serving your country in the military. — Mitt Romney

In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time find them out better. — Xenophanes

With the persistent loud voice,
fool asks us to respect serenity. — Toba Beta

No man knows distinctly anything, and no man ever will. — Xenophanes

Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes