I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and …

Homer
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I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all his great mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man's heart and becomes a thing sweeter to him by far than the dripping of honey. ✨ Homer (2011). The Iliad of Homer, p.402, University of Chicago Press
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