Homer Quotes - Page 19

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Don't mess with the dead, boy, they have eerie powers.

Homer

Boys, Eerie, Mess

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I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.

Homer

White, Dumb, Age

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Kids are great. You can teach them to hate what you hate and, with the Internet and all, they practically raise themselves.

Homer

Hate, Kids, Internet

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If it doesn't have siamese twins in a jar, it is not a fair.

Homer

Jars, Twins, Funny Simpsons

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I was working on a flat tax proposal and accidentally proved there was no God.

Homer

Proposal, Funny Simpsons, Flat Tax

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I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket and flew to the moon. What was his name? Apollo Creed?

Homer

Moon, Names, Guy

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Canada? Why would I want to leave America just to visit America, Jr.?

Homer

America, Want, Canada

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Good things don't end in -eum; they end in -mania or -teria.

Homer

Funny Simpsons, Good Things, Ends

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Boy, everyone is stupid except me.

Homer

Stupid, Boys

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Strife, only a slight thing when she first rears her head but her head soon hits the sky as she strides across the earth.

Homer

Sky, Earth, Rage From The Iliad

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One man is a splendid fighter -- a god has made him so -- one's a dancer, another skilled at lyre and song, and deep in the next man's chest farseeing Zeus plants the gift of judgment, good clear sense. And many reap the benefits of that treasure.

Homer

Song, Men, Dancer

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Do I know what rhetorical means?

Homer

Mean, Rhetorical, Knows

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A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar.

Homer

Men, Shame, Beggar

Homer (1950). “The Complete Works of Homer: The Iliad”

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Our fruitless labours mourn, And only rich in barren fame return.

Homer

Return, Rich, Fame

Homer (1822). “The Odyssey of Homer”, p.209

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Blame the guy who doesn't speak Engish.

Homer

Guy, Blame, Speak

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Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links Both Goddesses and Gods.

Homer

Heaven, Links, Golden

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I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

Homer

Lying, Winning, Dust

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It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

Homer

Kings, House, Authority

Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

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We cannot all hope to combine the pleasing qualities of good looks, brains, and eloquence.

Homer

Brain, Quality, Looks

Homer, William Shakespeare (2015). “Delphi Poetry Anthology: The World's Greatest Poems”, p.62, Delphi Classics

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The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost.

Homer

Leadership, Matter, Common

Homer (1805). “The Odyssey of Homer. Translated from the Greek by Alexander Pope, etc”, p.88

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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

Men, Honor, Alive

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The gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.

Homer

Giving, Providence, Mortals

"Iliad". Epic poem by Homer, c. 750 BC.

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The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.

Homer

Strong, Persuasion

Homer (2011). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.275, University of Chicago Press

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What so tedious as a twice-told tale?

Homer

Tales, Repetition, Tedious

Homer (1873). “The Odyssey of Homer”, p.207

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On these sands and in the clefts of the rocks, in the depths of the sea, in the creaking of the pines, you'll spy secret footprints and catch far-off voices from the homecoming celebration. This land still longs for Odysseus.

Homer

Home, Rocks, Sea

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