Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.

Homer

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1115 You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.
1119 Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.
1081 We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.
1135 There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder.
1111 There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

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