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Inscrutability of God2 quotes
It is not possible with mortal mind to search out the purposes of the gods. — Pindar · 438 BCBut it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury the dead. — William Bradford · 1621Early America1 quote
But it pleased God to visit us then with death daily, and with so general a disease that the living were scarce able to bury the dead. — William Bradford · 1621God's plan1 quote
It is not possible with mortal mind to search out the purposes of the gods. — Pindar · 438 BC