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

Men create the gods in their own image.

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

No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not...

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Men always makes gods in their own image.

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

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Xenophanes

Philosopher

Born: 0476-01-01 BC

Died: N/A

Xenophanes of Colophon (Greek Ξενοφάνης ὁ Κολοφώνιος, Xenophánes; 570 – 480 BC) was a Greek philosopher, poet, and social and religious critic. Our knowledge of his views comes from his surviving poetry, all of which are fragments passed down as quotations by later Greek writers.More