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The Birds, ll. 451-2 (414 BC) [tr. Rogers (1906)] - Aristophanes | WIST Quotations
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] Alt. trans.: "Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing." [tr. Warter (1830)] "Man is naturally deceitful ever,…