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The god of the cannibals will be a cannibal, of the crusaders a crusader, and of the merchants a merchant.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)...
The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to plague us.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), King Lear -- Act v, Sc. 3...
The gods aren't crazy - they're only drunk.
The gods can either take away evil from the world and will not, or, being willing to do so canno
or they neither can nor will, or lastly, they are both able and willing....
The gods do not protect fools. Fools are protected by more capable fools. -- "Ringworld
The Gods don't like competition.
The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.
The gods looked with favour on superior courage. -- Tacitus (54-119 AD) -- Historiae, iv, 17
The gods of the Disc have never bothered much about judging the souls of the dead, and so people only go to hell if that's where they believe, in their deepest heart, that they deserve to go.
Which th...
The gods plant reason in mankind, of all good gifts the highest. -- Sophocle

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