#gods

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#better #die #facing #fathers #fearful

Whom the gods love dies young. ↗

— Menander

#gods #love #whom #young

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#board #easy #god #gods #imagine

You're in the lap of the gods. If people go, they go, and if they don't. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#gods #lap #people #you

If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms. ↗

— Henry Miller

#believe #cease #day #gods #men

Some gods may cross your path, but why should gods be beautiful? They could also be frightening. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#beautiful #could #cross #frightening #gods

I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion. ↗

— Themistocles

#gods #i #me #persuasion #two

The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#been #gods #grandmother #how #i

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#benefit #could #general #general good #gods

I should be soaring away with my head tilted slightly toward the gods, feeding on the caviar of Shakespeare. An actor must act. ↗

— Laurence Olivier

#actor #away #caviar #feeding #gods