Chorus [of Birds]: Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing.
(tr. Warter 1830, p. 199)
δολερὸν μὲν ἀεὶ κατὰ πάντα δὴ τρόπον
πέφυκεν ἄνθρωπος.
πέφυκεν ἄνθρωπος.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
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Chorus [of Birds]: Man is a truly cunning creature.
(abridged tr. O'Neill 1938, Perseus) | Chorus [of Birds]: Full of wiles, full of guile, at all times, in all ways, are the children of Men.
(tr. in Bartlett 1968, p. 91 or Archive.org) | Birds, lines 451–452 | Compare the earlier-written but later-known: "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked", Jeremiah, 17:9 KJV Bible.