Gods

Famous quotes containing the word gods:

“Oh senseless man, who cannot possibly make a worm, and yet will make Gods by dozens.”
—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)

“I have written a wicked book, and feel spotless as the lamb. Ineffable socialities are in me. I would sit down and dine with you and all the gods in old Rome’s Pantheon. It is a strange feeling—no hopefulness is in it, no despair. Content—that is it; and irresponsibility; but without licentious inclination.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)

“The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices
Make instruments to plague us.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)