Homer — "Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth, our mother earth breeds nothin…"

Of all that breathes and crawls across the earth, our mother earth breeds nothing feebler than a man. So long as the gods grant him power, spring in his knees, he thinks he will never suffer affliction down the years. But then, when the happy gods bring on the long hard times, bear them he must, against his will, and steel his heart.
Homer — Homer Ancient · Iliad and Odyssey

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Odysseus disguised as a beggar reflecting on the hubris and ultimate vulnerability of man in The Odyssey.

Date: c. 8th century BCE

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