Quote #31

The sweetest teaching did he introduce, Concealing truth under untrue speech. The place he spoke of as the gods' abode Was that by which he might awe humans most, - The place from which, he knew, terrors came to mortals And things advantageous in their wearisome life - The revolving heaven above, in which dwell The lightnings, and awesome claps Of thunder, and the starry face of heaven, Beautiful and intricate by that wise craftsman Time, - From which, too, the meteor's glowing mass speeds And wet thunderstorm pours forth upon the earth.

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