Homer Quotes
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It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.
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A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.
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Here, therefore, huge and mighty warrior though you be, here shall you die.
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For too much rest becomes a pain.
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One rogue leads another.
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And now I'm using sarcasm, to confess the whole thing so later I could say I already told you.
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These nights are endless, and a man can sleep through them, or he can enjoy listening to stories, and you have no need to go to bed before it is time. Too much sleep is only a bore. And of the others, any one whose heart and spirit urge him can go outside and sleep, and then, when the dawn shows, breakfast first, then go out to tend the swine of our master. But we two, sitting here in the shelter, eating and drinking, shall entertain each other remembering and retelling our sad sorrows. For afterwards a man who has suffered much and wandered much has pleasure out of his sorrows.
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It revenge is sweeter far than flowing honey.
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Blame the guy who doesn't speak Engish.
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Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,- Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies: They fall successive, and successive rise.
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But it is only what happens, when they die, to all mortals. The sinews no longer hold the flesh and the bones together, and once the spirit has let the white bones, all the rest of the body is made subject to the fire's strong fury, but the soul flitters out like a dream and flies away.
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He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
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A small rock holds back a great wave.
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She threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away grief and passion and brings forgetfulness of all ills.
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Now what is a wedding? Well, Webster's dictionary describes a wedding as the process of removing weeds from one's garden.
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Bear patiently, my heart, for you have suffered heavier things.
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You, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, you’d run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combat—coward!
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A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.
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Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
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It is a wise child that knows his own father.
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Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe The fate of many.
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For afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you what you ask and seek to know.
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Take thou thy arms and come with me, For we must quit ourselves like men, and strive To air our cause, although we be but two. Great is the strength of feeble arms combined, And we can combat even with the brave.