7 Metaphors for oracle

If the oracle of Dorylæum was an imposture, hadst thou no oracle in thine own bosom?

The oracle was the antithesis of the prophet.

But the oracles, at least if we ascend to their origin, were not altogether impostures.

The pagan oracles were the shrines of a Power sought for the forecasting of events.

No doubt the English Puritans who fled to Holland during the persecutions of Archbishop Laud learned much from a people whose religious oracle was Calvin, and whose great hero was William the Silent.

The Oracle is a hardy sort, much esteemed in France, and is a native of Tartary, introduced in 1548.

[20] "Among the more learned, it is a pretty general opinion that all the oracles were mere cheats and impostures; calculated either to serve the avaricious ends of the heathenish priests, or the political views of the princes.

7 Metaphors for  oracle