“Who is there, my friend, can climb to the sky? <br /> Only t…”

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“Who is there, my friend, can climb to the sky? <br /> Only the gods dwell forever in sunlight.<br /> As for man, his days are numbered, <br /> whatever he may do, it is but wind.”

— Gilgamesh

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Title: Wikiquote: Gilgamesh
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Gilgamesh. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Gilgamesh. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gilgamesh

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