CHORUS: Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.

[δολερὸν μὲν ἀεὶ κατὰ πάντα δὴ τρόπον / πέφυκεν ἄνθρωπος]

Aristophanes (c. 450-c. 388 BC) Athenian comedic playwright

The Birds, ll. 451-2 (414 BC) [tr. Rogers (1906)]
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Alt. trans.:

• "Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing." [tr. Warter (1830)]
• "Man is naturally deceitful ever, in every way!" [tr. Hickie (1853)]
• "Man is a truly cunning creature." [abridged tr. O'Neill (1938)]
• "A treacherous thing always in every way is human nature." [tr. Henderson (1998)]