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“De todo lo que respira y se arrastra sobre la tierra y ella misma nutre, nada hay más miserable que el hombre. Nunca cree que la desdicha puede agobiarle un día mientras los dioses le conservan la fuerza y sus rodillas se mueven, mas cuando los dioses venturosos le envían la desgracia, no quieren soportarlo con ánimo paciente, tal es el alma de los terrestres varones, semejante a los variados días que les trae el padre de los hombres y los dioses.”

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La Odisea

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