Olivia

“human prosperity never abides long in the same place,”
― Herodotus, The Histories

“The longer the span of someone’s existence, the more certain he is to see and suffer much that he would rather have been spared.”
― Herodotus, The Histories

“They made it plain to everyone, however, and above all to the king himself, that although he had plenty of troops, he did not have many men.”
― Herodotus, The Histories

“MAGISTRATE
Don't men grow old?

LYSISTRATA
Not like women. When a man comes home
Though he's grey as grief he can always get a girl.
There's no second spring for a woman. None.
She can't recall it, nobody wants her, however
She squanders her time on the promise of oracles,
It's no use...”
― Aristophanes, Lysistrata