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God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.


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No man knows distinctly anything, and no man ever will.

No man knows distinctly anything, and no man ever will.



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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Men always makes gods in their own image.

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If God had not made brown honey, men would think figs much sweeter than they do.

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Pure truth no man has seen, nor ever shall know.

Pure truth no man has seen, nor ever shall know.



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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.



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