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
The Ethiopians say that their gods are snub-nosed and black the Thracians that theirs have light blue eyes and red hair.
There is one God - supreme among gods and men - who is like mortals in neither body nor mind.
If God had not made brown honey men would think figs much sweeter than they do.
No human being will ever know the truth for even if they happen to say it by chance they would not even know they had done so.
This upper limit of earth at our feet is visible and touches the air but below it reaches to infinity
For all things come from earth and all things end by becoming earth.
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals but by long seeking mortals discover what is better.
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.
The gods did not reveal from the beginning all things to us.
All men begin their learning with Homer.
If cattle and horses or lions had hands...
The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected.
If cows and horses had hands and could draw cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look like horses.
But without effort [God] sets in motion all things by mind and thought.
All things that come into being and grow are earth and water.
For we are all sprung from earth and water
It isn't right to judge strength as better than good wisdom.
God is one greatest of gods and men not like mortals in body or thought.
If horses had Gods they would look like horses.
Men always makes gods in their own image.
If oxen and horses and lions could draw and paint they would delineate the gods in their own image.
Better than the strength of men and horses is our wisdom.
Pure truth no man has seen nor ever shall know.
It takes a wise man to recognize a wise man.