“An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted. When a man becomes familiar with his goddess she quickly sinks into a woman.” MenKindMayCausesParticularFamiliarIdolsGoddessFamiliarityInvertedApotheosis Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy.” IfsMenDoeReasonHappensWonderThings HappenIgnorantFamiliarityProdigies Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero