Homer Quotes
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A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.
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The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.
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Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.
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Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms.
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Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as the day we ripped Troy's glittering crown of towers down. Stand by me - furious now as then, my bright-eyed one - and I would fight three hundred men, great goddess, with you to brace me, comrade-in-arms in battle!
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For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./ But glaring under his brows Odysseus answered: 'You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it/ home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder,/ twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared/ bid for my wife while I was still alive./ Contempt was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven,/ contempt for what men say of you hereafter./ Your last hour has come. You die in blood.
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The best thing in the world is a strong house held in serenity where man and wife agree.
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She spoke and loosened from her bosom the embroidered girdle of many colors into which all her allurements were fashioned. In it was love and int desire which steals the mind even of the wise.
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The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king.
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This is the way I've always thought it should be. We've always blamed ourselves, but I guess we know what cylinder wasn't firing!
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When you're in my house you shall do as I do and believe who I believe in. So Bart butter your bacon.
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Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
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The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.
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And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs.
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And bear unmov'd the wrongs of base mankind, The last, and hardest, conquest of the mind.
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Look, I'm not asking you to like me, I'm not asking you to put yourself in a position where I can touch your goodies, I'm just asking you to be fair.
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Better to flee from death than feel its grip.
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There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
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If they think I'm going to stop at that stop sign, they're mistaken!
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The force of union conquers all.
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Short is my date, but deathless my renown.
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A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.
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Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
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I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.