Diagoras Of Melos Quotes

A Friend Of Diagoras Pointed Out An Expensive Display Of Votive Gifts And Said, 'You Think The Gods Have No Care For Man? Why, You Can See From All These Votive Pictures Here How Many People Have Escaped The Fury Of Storms At Sea By Praying To The Gods Who Have Brought Them Safe To Harbor.'
To Which Diagoras Replied, 'Yes, Indeed, But Where Are The Pictures Of All Those Who Suffered Shipwreck And Perished In The Waves?

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