A Quote by Statius
Fear in the world first created the gods.
[Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]
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The deeds of men never escape the gods.
[Lat., Acta deos nunquam mortalia fallunt.]
Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods.
[Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]
Thou oughtest to know, since thou livest near the gods.
[Lat., Scire, deos quoniam propius contingis, oportet.]
In extreme danger fear feels no pity.
[Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]
Fear created the first gods in the world.
Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men.
[Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]
The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse.
[Lat., Fortuna miserrima tuta est:
Nam timor eventus deterioris abest.]
Fear first created the gods.
That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.
Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.
Fear created gods; audacity created kings.
It is fear that first brought gods into the world.
Fear first made gods in the world.
It's always hard to put your finger on what it is that makes Primus Primus.
And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.
[Lat., Itidemque ut saepe jam in multis locis,
Plus insciens quis fecit quam prodens boni.]
All gods who receive homage are cruel. All gods dispense suffering without reason. Otherwise they would not be worshipped. Through indiscriminate suffering men know fear and fear is the most divine emotion. It is the stones for altars and the beginning of wisdom. Half gods are worshipped in wine and flowers. Real gods require blood.
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