Of all the creatures that breathe and move across the earth, there is nothing feebler… — Homer
Of all the creatures that breathe and move across the earth, there is nothing feebler than man.
In the original Greek
οὐδὲν ἀκιδνότερον γαῖα τρέφει ἀνθρώποιο, πάντων ὅσσα τε γαῖαν ἔπι πνείει τε καὶ ἕρπει.
The Odyssey · 700 BC
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Homer. The Odyssey, edited by Bernard Knox, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2006, bk. 18, l. 130.
Original citation
Homer. Ὀδύσσεια [Odyssey]. c. 710 BC, bk. 18, l. 130.