#gods

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

#always #away #corn #destroying #gods

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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All you Westerosi make a shame of loving. There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we know better. Our gods gave us legs to run with, noses to smell with, hands to touch and feel. What mad cruel god would give a man eyes and tell him he must forever keep them shut, and never look at all the beauty in the world? ↗

— George R.R. Martin

#gods #love #sex #beauty

Things are forgotten and then perhaps picked up again, if we're lucky, it lasts... if not, then it's in the lap of the gods. The important thing was to do some work that I liked and hopefully that some others might also like, whether for a minute, a week, a month, a year. ↗

— Tom Glazer

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