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Full Idea
Nothing escapes the divine, this you must realise. God himself is our overseer, and nothing is impossible for him.
Gist of Idea
God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him
Source
Epicharmus (comedies (frags) [c.470 BCE], B23), quoted by (who?) - where?
Book Ref
'Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers', ed/tr. Freeman,Kathleen [Harvard 1957], p.37
| 16066 | Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus] |
| 436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
| 439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
| 440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
| 441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
| 442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
| 443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |