John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8432 Hesiod fl 8th ent? BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8432 |
| AUTHOR: | Hesiod (fl. 8th cent.? B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | For full indeed is earth of woes, and full the sea; and in the day as well as night diseases unbidden haunt mankind, silently bearing ills to men, for all-wise Zeus hath taken from them their voice. So utterly impossible is it to escape the will of Zeus. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Works and Days. Line 101. |