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Homer quotes about eyes

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There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
Now from his breast into the eyes the acheof longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmerspent in rough water where his ship went downunder Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea. Few men can keep alive through a big serfto crawl, clotted with brine, on kindly beachesin joy, in joy, knowing the abyss behind: and so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him... Homer
But when Odysseus rose, that man of many devices, fixing his down-cast eyes on the ground he stood: nor his scepter swayed, either this way or that like a practiced speaker, but held it motionless, even as a man unskilled in the arts of persuasion. One would declare him mute with passion or wanting in judgment. But when he spoke, when his powerful voice went forth from his bosom, issuing words which fell like flakes of snow in winter, surely no mortal man might hope to compete with Odysseus.... Homer
Homer quote: "Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes..."
Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes! Homer
All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them. Homer
Homer quote: "As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes would not close..."
As I lay dying, the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades. Homer
Homer quote: "Her gray eyes clear, the goddess Athena answered, "Down from..."
Her gray eyes clear, the goddess Athena answered, "Down from the skies I come to check your rage if only you will yield Homer

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