“But the gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.”

—  Homér , Iliad

IV. 320 (tr. R. Lattimore).
Iliad (c. 750 BC)

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Ἀλλ' οὔ πως ἅμα πάντα θεοὶ δόσαν ἀνθρώποισιν.

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Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

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