“Just take in peace what gifts the gods will send.”

—  Homér , The Odyssey (Cowper)

XVIII. 142 (tr. Robert Fagles).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)

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Ἀλλ' ὅ γε σιγῇ δῶρα θεῶν ἔχοι, ὅττι διδοῖεν.

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