Homer Quotes

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Now deep in ocean sunk the lamp of light, And drew behind the cloudy vale of night.

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[But] age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young.

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One who journeying Along a way he knows not, having crossed A place of drear extent, before him sees A river rushing swiftly toward the deep, And all its tossing current white with foam, And stops and turns, and measures back his way.

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As when the stars shine clear, and the moon is bright - there is not a breath of air, not a peak nor glade nor jutting headland, but it stands out in the ineffable radiance that breaks from the serene of heaven.

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It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave.

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So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays.

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

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Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed
The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed.

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

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Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,- Such men as live in these degenerate days.

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Bursts as a wave that from the clouds impends, And swell'd with tempests on the ship descends; White are the decks with foam; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud: Pale, trembling, tir'd, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears.

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It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.

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Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

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It is a wise child that knows his own father.
In Latin: Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.

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

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I, for one, know of no sweeter sight for a man's eyes than his own country.

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Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.

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Zeus it seems has given us from youth to old age a nice ball of wool to wind-nothing but wars upon wars until we shall perish every one.

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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 rest at last where souls unbodied dwell,
In ever-flowing meads of Asphodel.

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Now from the smooth deep ocean-stream the sun
Began to climb the heavens, and with new rays
Smote the surrounding fields.

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Praise me not too much,
Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks
Who know me.

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For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will.

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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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Men in their generations are like the leaves of the trees. The wind blows and one year's leaves are scattered on the ground; but the trees burst into bud and put on fresh ones when the spring comes round.

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To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.

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O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes

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A generous friendship no cold medium knows,
Burns with one love, with one resentment glows;
One should our interests and our passions be,
My friend must hate the man that injures me.

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Too dear I prized a fair enchanting face: beauty unchaste is beauty in disgrace.

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