Xenophanes Quotes About All Things
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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
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Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them many lawless deeds, stealing, adultery, and deception of each other.
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For all things come from earth, and all things end by becoming earth.
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The Gods did not reveal, from the beginning, all things to us, but in the course of time through seeking we may learn & know things better. But as for certain truth no man knows it, nor shall he know it, neither of the Gods nor yet of all things that I speak. For even if by chance he were to utter The Final Truth, he would himself not know it: for all is but a woven web of guesses.
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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.
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Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better.
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But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought.
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All things that come into being and grow are earth and water.
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The clear and perfect truth no man has seen, nor will there be anyone who knows about the gods and what I say about all things...; for, however perfect what he says may be, yet he does not know it; all things are matters of opinion.
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God is one, supreme among gods and men, and not like mortals in body or in mind.The whole [of god] sees, the whole perceives, the whole hears. But without effort he sets in motion all things by mind and thought.
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