Iliad 3.65–66

Paris to Hector before the duel

οὔ τοι ἀπόβλητʼ ἐστὶ θεῶν ἐρικυδέα δῶρα

ὅσσά κεν αὐτοὶ δῶσιν, ἑκὼν δʼ οὐκ ἄν τις ἕλοιτο·

The glorious gifts of gods are not to be cast away,

whatever they themselves may give; no man chooses them by his own will.

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