Homer - Life Quotes

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They ran, one fleeing, and one pursuing. In front a good man fled, but one mightier far pursued him swiftly; for it was not for beast of sacrifice or for bull's hide that they strove, such as are men's prizes for swiftness of foot, but it was for the life of horse-taming Hector that they ran.
Achilles and Hector

Homer
For Fate has wove the thread of life with pain,
And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man!

Homer
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.

Homer
Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold;
Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold,
Or Troy once held, in peace and pride of sway,
Can bribe the poor possession of the day.

Homer
To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.

Homer
Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish.

Homer
All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life.

Homer
And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.

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

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

Homer