At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him, and he was the inventor of many arts, such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry and astronomy and draughts and dice, but his great discovery was the use of letters.
PlatoNo one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well.
PlatoThere are few people so stubborn in their atheism who, when danger is pressing in, will not acknowledge the divine power.
Plato