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As for the lives of the gods, as for whatever
I say about anything, no one has ever been sure,
and no one ever will be. And if, by chance,
someone comes along and utters the truth,
how would we verify the truth he spoke?
For all we know with certainty is: there is
nothing we know beyond the world of seems.
The deathless gods never granted us
the knowledge of all things, but in time
we have pursued that knowledge,
and in time we’ve invented better.
Let this be held as resembling the truth.
— Xenophanes
