“See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.” HumansMayMadeLyingFoundHuman NatureShadowCreatorDeitiesUmbrellaSunbeamsCovert Book:Emblems Source: Emblems
“As I toiled up the Mount of Olives, in the very footsteps of Christ, panting with the heat and the difficult ascent, I found it utterly impossible to conceive that the Deity, in human form, had walked there before me.” HumansFormFoundDifficultChristImpossibleHeatDeitiesFootstepsOlivesAscentHuman Form Book:The Lands of the Saracen: Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain Source: The Lands of the Saracen: Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain
“As the Deity has given us Greeks all other blessings in moderation, so our moderation gives us a kind of wisdom which is timid, in all likelihood, and fit for common people, not one which is kingly and splendid. This wisdom, such as it is, observing that human life is ever subject to all sorts of vicissitudes, forbids us to be puffed up by the good things we have, or to admire a man's felicity while there is still time for it to change.” PeopleMenGivingHumansKindStillsLife IsGivenCommonSubjectsFitBlessingGood ThingsAdmireHuman LifeGreekModerationObservingDeitiesSplendidLikelihoodFelicityVicissitudes Author:Solon
“Religion assures us that our afflictions shall have an end; she comforts us, she dries our tears, she promises us another life. On the contrary, in the abominable worship of atheism, human woes are the incense, death is the priest, a coffin the altar, and annihilation the Deity.” HumansEndsAtheismTearsComfortPromiseWorshipContraryPriestsAfflictionWoeDeitiesAltarsCoffinsAnnihilationAnother LifeIncense Author:François-René de Chateaubriand