Tuesdays Philosophical Nugget

Today's words of wisdom come from the great Greek storyteller Homer, who seemed to know something about how men approached life and their fates:

"Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up

of all things which breathe and move on the earth,
for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the

future, as long as the gods give him success and he

flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods

bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears,

against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the

thoughts of earthly men are like the day which

the father of gods and men brings upon them."