Homer Quotes
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Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.
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Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.
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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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If they think I'm going to stop at that stop sign, they're mistaken!
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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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Everything flows and nothing stays.
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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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The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.
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And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles' feet as Achilles wept himself, Now for his father, now for Patroclus once again And their sobbing rose and fell throughout the house.
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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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I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.
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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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The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king.
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So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays.
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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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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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Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.
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If not yet lost to all the sense of shame.
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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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Better to flee from death than feel its grip.
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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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My wife's not some doobie to be passed around! I took a vow on our wedding day to bogart her for life.
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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.