"The Epic of Gilgamesh" Quotes

There is no permanence in life.

When the gods created Gilgamesh, they gave him a perfect body.

Forget death and seek life!

He who has seen everything, I will make known to the lands.

The life that you are seeking, you will never find.

Sorrow has entered my soul.

There is no one who can see death, no one who can see the face of death.

The gods have decided to let Enkidu go.

I will go to the wild, where the beast lives.

I will love him as I do my own son.