Homer Quotes - Page 17

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• Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.

  Homer

  Men, Thinking, Earth

  Homer (2013). “The Iliad: The Story of Troy - Rendered Into English Prose (by Samuel Butler) for the Use of Those Who Cannot Read the Original”, p.73, Lulu Press, Inc

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• The wordy tale, once told, were hard to tell again.

  Homer

  Tales, Hard

  Homer (1861). “The Odyssey of Homer: Books I-XII”, p.307

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• It is not right to exult over slain men.

  Homer

  War, Men

  "The Odyssey". Epic poem by Homer, c. 725 BC.

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• But you can't stop at one, you wanna drink another woman!

  Homer

  Drink, Funny Simpsons, Funniest Simpsons

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• I'm satisfied. It's straight,...but it's just so hot, and I'm just so fraustrated.

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  Frustration, Hot, Satisfied

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• There is a strength in the even of very sorry men

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  Sorry, Men, Sorry Men

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• ...if fifty bands of men surrounded us/ and every sword sang for your blood,/ you could make off still with their cows and sheep.

  Homer

  Men, Sheep, Blood

  Homer (1998). “The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation”, p.355, Macmillan

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• Look at me! I'm a puffy pink cloud!

  Homer

  Clouds, Looks, Look At Me

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• Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.

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  Wealth, Praise, Eternal

  Homer, W. C. Armstrong (1851). “Translation of the Iliad of Homer”, p.495

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• We got a little rule back home: If it's brown, drink it down. If it's black, send it back.

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  Home, Black, Littles

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• One who journeying Along a way he knows not, having crossed A place of drear extent, before him sees A river rushing swiftly toward the deep, And all its tossing current white with foam, And stops and turns, and measures back his way.

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  Travel, Rivers, Rushing

  Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.137

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• No season now for calm, familiar talk.

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  Calm, Familiar, Seasons

  Homer (1791). “The Iliad: of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. ...”, p.109

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• I hate To tell again a tale once fully told.

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  Hate, I Hate, Tales

  Homer (1871). “The Odyssey of Homer: Translated Into English Blank Verse”, p.272

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• I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood.

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  Lying, Motherhood, Fatherhood

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• For when two Join in the same adventure, one perceives Before the other how they ought to act; While one alone, however prompt, resolves More tardily and with a weaker will.

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  Adventure, Two, Resolution

  Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.260

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• We live in a society of laws. Why do you think I took you to all those Police Academy movies? For fun? Well, I didn't hear anybody laughing, did you?

  Homer

  Fun, Thinking, Law

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• For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./ But glaring under his brows Odysseus answered: 'You yellow dogs, you thought I'd never make it/ home from the land of Troy. You took my house to plunder,/ twisted my maids to serve your beds. You dared/ bid for my wife while I was still alive./ Contempt was all you had for the gods who rule wide heaven,/ contempt for what men say of you hereafter./ Your last hour has come. You die in blood.

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  Dog, Home, Men

  Homer, Robert Fitzgerald (1961). “The Odyssey”, Anchor Books

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• The other day, I was so desperate for a beer, I snuck into the football stadium and ate the dirt under the bleachers.

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  Football, Beer, Dirt

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• I've finally tapped into that spirit of self-destruction that makes rock-n-roll the king of music!

  Homer

  Kings, Rocks, Self

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• 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.

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  Men, Cities, Kind

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• This year I invested in pumpkins. They've been going up the whole month of October and I got a feeling they're going to peak right around January. Then bang! That's when I'll cash in.

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  Years, Feelings, Cash

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• Ajax the great Himself a host.

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  Greatness, Ajax, Host

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• I live an idle burden to the ground.

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  Burden, Idle, Idleness

  Homer (1806). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.290

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• Come, Friend, you too must die. Why moan about it so? Even Patroclus died, a far, far better man than you. And look, you see how handsome and powerful I am? The son of a great man, the mother who gave me life-- A deathless goddess. But even for me, I tell you, Death and the strong force of fate are waiting. There will come a dawn or sunset or high noon When a man will take my life in battle too-- flinging a spear perhaps Or whipping a deadly arrow off his bow.

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  Mother, Strong, Powerful

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• First you don't want me to get the pony, then you want me to take it back. Make up your mind!

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  Mind, Ponies, Want

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