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Homer quotes

Greek Poet

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Limping, attendants rushed up to support him, Attendants made of gold who looked like real girls, With a mind within, and a voice, and strength, And knowledge of crafts from the immortal gods. These busily moved to support their lord... Homer
Homer quote: "For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than..."
For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother Homer
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
Homer quote: "True friends appear less moved than counterfeit."
True friends appear less moved than counterfeit. Homer
Homer quote: "A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother."
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. Homer
Homer quote: "To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to..."
To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it. Homer
Homer quote: "The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find..."
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for. Homer
Homer quote: "Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic,..."
Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile Homer
Homer quote: "Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend."
Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend. Homer
Homer quote: "A decent boldness ever meets with friends."
A decent boldness ever meets with 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 you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be one./ Time was, when you were alive, we Argives/ honored you as a god, and now down here, I see/ You Lord it over the dead in all your power./ So grieve no more at dying, great Achilles.’ I reassured the ghost, but he broke out protesting,/ ‘No winning words about death to me, shining Odysseus!/ By god, I’d rather slave on earth for another man--/ Some dirt-poor tenant farmer who... Homer
Like a girl, a baby running after her mother, begging to be picked up, and she tugs on her skirts, holding her back as she tries to hurry off—all tears, fawning up at her, till she takes her in her arms… That’s how you look, Patroclus, streaming live tears. Homer
First she said we were to keep clear of the Sirens, who sit and sing most beautifully in a field of flowers; but she said I might hear them myself so long as no one else did. Therefore, take me and bind me to the crosspiece half way up the mast; bind me as I stand upright, with a bond so fast that I cannot possibly break away, and lash the rope's ends to the mast itself. If I beg and pray you to set me free, then bind me more tightly still. 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

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