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[โ€“] roadsidewildflower@midwest.social 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return"

[โ€“] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

As far as quotes from religious texts, I've always preferred...

"And as for you, River, there will be a day when you will flow with blood more than water. And dead bodies will be (stacked) higher than the dams. And he who is dead will not be mourned as much as he who is alive... Asclepius, why are you weeping?"