For I am yearning to visit the limits of the all-nurturing Earth, and Oceans, from whom the gods are sprung.
HomerFor afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you what you ask and seek to know.
HomerMiserable mortals who like leaves at one moment flame with life eating the produce of the land and at another moment weakly perish.
Homer