Iliad 24.525–526
Achilles to Priam after they have wept
ὡς γὰρ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσι
ζώειν ἀχνυμένοις· αὐτοὶ δέ τʼ ἀκηδέες εἰσί.
The gods have spun this fate for wretched mortals:
to live in grief, while they themselves know no sorrow.
Achilles to Priam after they have wept
ὡς γὰρ ἐπεκλώσαντο θεοὶ δειλοῖσι βροτοῖσι
ζώειν ἀχνυμένοις· αὐτοὶ δέ τʼ ἀκηδέες εἰσί.
The gods have spun this fate for wretched mortals:
to live in grief, while they themselves know no sorrow.