Garden of The Gods

Famous quotes containing the words the gods, garden and/or gods:

    “Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.”
    —Titus Livius (Livy)

    “Ah, yet, ere I descend to the grave,
    May I a small house and large garden have;
    And a few friends, and many books, both true,
    Both wise, and both delightful too!
    And since love ne’er will from me flee,
    A mistress moderately fair,
    And good as guardian angels are,
    Only beloved and loving me.”
    —Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)

    “When the gods come among men, they are not known.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)