Homer Quotes (65 quotations)
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26. It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair. But when dogs shame the gray head and gray chin and nakedness of an old man killed, it is the most piteous thing that happens among wretched mortals. - Homer
27. It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave. - Homer
28. It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go. - Homer
29. It is not good to have a rule of many. - Homer
30. It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive. - Homer
31. It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. - Homer
32. It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told. - Homer
33. It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long. - Homer
34. Light is the task where many share the toil. - Homer
35. Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies. - Homer
36. May the gods grant you all things which your heart desires, and may they give you a husband and a home and gracious concord, for there is nothing greater and better than this -when a husband and wife keep a household in oneness of mind, a great woe to their enemies and joy to their friends, and win high renown. - Homer
37. Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war. - Homer
38. Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish. - Homer
39. Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them. - Homer
40. Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. - Homer
41. Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. - Homer
42. Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children, the light of the sun, the sighing of the wind, and the gleam of the stars -all the beauties of creation. - Homer
43. So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence. - Homer
44. The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. - Homer
45. The fates have given mankind a patient soul. - Homer
46. The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. - Homer
47. The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men. - Homer
48. The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly. - Homer
49. The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council. - Homer
50. The single best augury is to fight for one's country. - Homer
27. It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave. - Homer
28. It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go. - Homer
29. It is not good to have a rule of many. - Homer
30. It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive. - Homer
31. It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. - Homer
32. It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told. - Homer
33. It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long. - Homer
34. Light is the task where many share the toil. - Homer
35. Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies. - Homer
36. May the gods grant you all things which your heart desires, and may they give you a husband and a home and gracious concord, for there is nothing greater and better than this -when a husband and wife keep a household in oneness of mind, a great woe to their enemies and joy to their friends, and win high renown. - Homer
37. Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war. - Homer
38. Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish. - Homer
39. Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them. - Homer
40. Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. - Homer
41. Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. - Homer
42. Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They are prevented from seeing one another and they cannot write; nevertheless they find countless mysterious ways of corresponding, by sending each other the song of birds, the scent of flowers, the laughter of children, the light of the sun, the sighing of the wind, and the gleam of the stars -all the beauties of creation. - Homer
43. So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence. - Homer
44. The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. - Homer
45. The fates have given mankind a patient soul. - Homer
46. The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. - Homer
47. The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men. - Homer
48. The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly. - Homer
49. The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council. - Homer
50. The single best augury is to fight for one's country. - Homer
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