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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8432 Hesiod fl 8th ent? BC John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8432
AUTHOR:Hesiod (fl. 8th cent.? B.C.)
QUOTATION: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.
ATTRIBUTION:Works and Days. Line 101.