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One must be a sage to recognize a sage.

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

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

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

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

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

All men begin their learning with Homer.

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

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

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

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

If horses had Gods, they would look like horses.

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.

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

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

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.

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

For we are all sprung from earth and water

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

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

It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.

Men create the gods in their own image.

Men always makes gods in their own image.

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

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

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