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Homer quotes

Greek Poet

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Homer quote: "But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your..."
But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me. Homer
What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own transgressions which bring them suffering that was not their destiny. Homer
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. Homer
Homer quote: "It is not good to have a rule of many."
It is not good to have a rule of many. Homer
Reproach is infinite, and knows no end. So voluble a weapon is the tongue; Wounded, we wound; and neither side can fail. For every man has equal strength to rail. Homer
Homer quote: "Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he..."
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will; for wisdom never lies Homer
Homer quote: "Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death"
Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death Homer
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Homer
Homer quote: "Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing..."
Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man. 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
Still, we will let all this be a thing of the past, though it hurts us, and beat down by constraint the anger that rises inside us. Now I am making an end of my anger. It does not become me, unrelentingly to rage on Homer
Homer quote: "A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly."
A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly. Homer
he took a cable which had been service on a blue-bowed ship, made one end fast to a high column in the portico, and threw the other over the round-house, high up, so that their feet would not touch the ground. As when long-winged thrushes or doves get entangled in a snare . . . so the women's heads were held fast in a row, with nooses round their necks, to bring them to the most pitiable end. For a little while their feet twitched, but not for very long. Homer
Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierceas the day we ripped Troy's glittering crown of towers down. Stand by me - furious now as then, my bright-eyed one -and I would fight three hundred men, great goddess, with you to brace me, comrade-in-arms in battle! Homer
Homer quote: "For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse,..."
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. Homer

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