“Mankind's troubles flicker about, and you'll nowhere see misery fly on the same wings.”

Source: The Suppliants, lines 328–329 (tr. Christopher Collard)

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Αἰόλ᾽ ἀνθρώπων κακά, πόνου δ᾽ ἴδοις ἂν οὐδαμοῦ ταὐτὸν πτερόν.

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