He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.
HomerA generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.
HomerShe threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away grief and passion and brings forgetfulness of all ills
Homer