Homer Quotes
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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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Nothing feebler does earth nurture than man, Of all things breathing and moving.
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Do I know what rhetorical means?
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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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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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Short is my date, but deathless my renown.
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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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Better to flee from death than feel its grip.
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What is this word that broke through the fence of your teeth, Atreides?
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Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
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We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.
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Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.
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A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. Six feet tall, 300 pounds...it makes ice.
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Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
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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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There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
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When a woman says nothing's wrong, that means everything's wrong. And when a woman says everything's wrong, that means everything's wrong! And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off!
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The Simpsons are going to Delaware!
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She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze. He sat beside the steering oar and used his skill to steer the raft.
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To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.
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I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!
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The best things beyond their measure cloy.
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All the survivors of the war had reached their homes and so put the perils of battle and the sea behind them.