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It is the gods' custom to bring low all things of surpassing greatness.

Herodotus

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Herodotus. Histories. c. 430 BC, bk. 7.

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Herodotus. The Histories, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 7.

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When life is so burdensome, death has become of man a sought-after refuge.