Of all the creatures that breathe and move across the earth, there is nothing feebler than man.

οὐδὲν ἀκιδνότερον γαῖα τρέφει ἀνθρώποιο,
πάντων ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἕρπει.

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Original Citation

Homer. The Odyssey. 710 BC, bk. 18, l. 130.

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Homer. The Odyssey. Translated by Robert Fagels. Penguin, 1999, bk. 18, l. 130.