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Children Quote by Aristophanes

“Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted…” quote by Aristophanes — Download Open image

“Ye Children of Man! whose life is a span, Protracted with sorrow from day to day, Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous, Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay!”

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