For Full Indeed Is Earth Of Woes, And Full The Sea

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For full indeed is earth of woes, and full the sea; and in the day
as well as night diseases unbidden haunt mankind, silently bearing
ills to men, for all-wise Zeus hath taken from them their voice. So
utterly impossible is it to escape the will of Zeus.
-- Hesiod (c. 700 BC)
-- Works and Days, Line 101

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