Homer Quotes

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At length as the Morning Star was beginning to herald the light which saffron-mantled Dawn was soon to suffuse over the sea, the flames fell and the fire began to die.

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He was a wealthy man, and kindly to his fellow men; for dwelling in a house by the side of the road, he used to entertain all comers.

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Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

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Tell me, muse, of the man of many resources who wandered far and wide after he sacked the holy citadel of Troy, and he saw the cities and learned the thoughts of many men, and on the sea he suffered in his heart many woes.

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Sweeter it [wrath] is by far than the honeycomb dripping with sweetness, and spreads through the hearts of men.

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No mortal could vie with Zeus, for his mansions and his possessions are deathless.

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We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence.

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And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

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Jove lifts the golden balances that show
The fates of mortal men, and things below.

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It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

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The immortals will send you to the Elysian plain at the ends of the earth, where fair-haired Rhada-manthys is. There life is supremely easy for men. No snow is there, nor ever heavy winter storm, nor rain, and Ocean is ever sending gusts of the clear-blowing west wind to bring coolness to men.

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The God of War will see fair play-he's often slain that wants to slay!

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He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.

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Always to be best, and to be distinguished above the rest.

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A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.

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Sing, goddess, the wrath of Peleus' son Achilles, a destroying wrath which brought upon the Achaeans myriad woes, and sent forth to Hades many valiant souls of heroes.

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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.

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The life, which others pay, let us bestow,
And give to fame what we to nature owe.

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By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

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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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The Olympian is a difficult foe to oppose.

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The single best augury is to fight for one's country.

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The fates have given mankind a patient soul.

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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.

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