[But] age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young.
Homer (2015). “The Iliad”, p.50, Xist Publishing
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[But] age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young.