“Man was made for joy and woe, And when this we rightly know Through the world we safely go.” William Blake
“Of all the creatures that breathe and move across the earth, there is nothing feebler than man.” Homer
“Tell me, muse, of the man of many resources who wandered far and wide after he sacked the holy citadel of Troy and he saw the cities and learned the thoughts of many men, and on the sea he suffered in his heart many woes.” Homer