Let us put our griefs to rest in our own hearts... What good's to be won from tears that chill the spirit? So the immortals spun our lives that we, we wretched men live on to bear such torments-the gods live free of sorrows. (Homer)

Let us put our griefs to rest in our own hearts... What good's to be won from tears that chill the spirit? So the immortals spun our lives that we, we wretched men live on to bear such torments-the gods live free of sorrows.

Homer

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