Zeus Quotes

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. - Homer

 

Open your mouth and shut your eyes and see what Zeus will send you. - Aristophanes

 

All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious. - Homer

 

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. - Sir Arthur C. Clarke

 

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. - Homer

 

Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him. - Homer

 

Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much. - Euripides

 

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. - Homer