Simonides, Elegy 19.1-2 West (in Stobaeus 4.34.28)
ἓν δὲ τὸ κάλλιστον Χῖος ἔειπεν ἀνήρ·
οἵη περ φύλλων γενεή, τοίη δὲ καὶ ἀνδρῶν. Hom. Il. 6.146
One finest thing the Chian man said: “As the generation of leaves, such is that of men”.
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