Very like leaves upon this earth are the generations of men -- old leaves, cast on the ground by wind, young leaves the greening forest bears when spring comes in. So mortals pass; one generation flowers even as another dies away.
Iliad and Odyssey
Glaucus comparing the generations of men to leaves, emphasizing human transience and insignificance in The Iliad.
c. 8th century BCE
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