Homer Quotes
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The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.
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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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So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays.
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Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.
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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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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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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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And bear unmov'd the wrongs of base mankind, The last, and hardest, conquest of the mind.
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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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Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.
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Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
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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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There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
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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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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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The skin of the coward changes color all the time, he can't get a grip on himself, he can't sit still, he squats and rocks, shifting his weight from foot to foot, his heart racing, pounding inside the fellow's ribs, his teeth chattering. He dreads some grisly death. But the skin of a brave soldier never blanches. He's all control. Tense but no great fear.
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The force of union conquers all.
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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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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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I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.