If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look like horses.
If God had not made brown honey, men would think figs much sweeter than they do.
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better.
God is one, greatest of gods and men, not like mortals in body or thought.
If horses had Gods, they would look like horses.
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of them many lawless deeds, stealing, adultery, and deception of each other.