All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
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Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.
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Bear up, my child, bear up; Zeus who oversees and directs all things is still mighty in heaven.
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For know that no one is free, except Zeus.
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Science can destroy religion by ignoring it as well as by disproving its tenets. No one ever demonstrated, so far as I am aware, the non-existence of Zeus or Thor - but they have few followers now.
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Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.
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Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.
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You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.
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The squabbles of philandering Zeus and shrewish Hera are the Greeks' comment on married life.
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Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.
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The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.
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