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> [Of all creatures that breathe and walk on the earth there is nothing more helpless than a man is, of all that the earth fosters; for he thinks that he will never suffer misfortune in future days, while the gods…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odysseus/of-all-creatures-that-breathe-and-walk-on-the-earth-there-is-nothing-2/)

[Odysseus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odysseus/)

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## More by Odysseus

> [Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odysseus/your-reputation-for-hospitality-is-fast-becoming-legend/)

[Odysseus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odysseus/)

> [At this time Charybdis sucked down the seas salt water, but I reached high in the air above me, to where the tall fig…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odysseus/at-this-time-charybdis-sucked-down-the-seas-salt-water-but-i-reached/)

[Odysseus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odysseus/)

> [Dear friends, surely we are not unlearned in evils. This is no greater evil now than it was when the Cyclops had us cooped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odysseus/dear-friends-surely-we-are-not-unlearned-in-evils-this-is-no-greater/)

[Odysseus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odysseus/)

> [Of all creatures that breathe and walk on the earth there is nothing more helpless than a man is, of all that the earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odysseus/of-all-creatures-that-breathe-and-walk-on-the-earth-there-is-nothing-2/)

[Odysseus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odysseus/)

> [Mother, why will you not wait for me, when I am trying to hold you, so that even in Hades with our arms embracing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/odysseus/mother-why-will-you-not-wait-for-me-when-i-am-trying-to-hold-you-so/)

[Odysseus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/odysseus/)

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