Homer Quotes - Page 3

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• The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

  Homer

  Inspirational, Teaching, Teens

  Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

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• A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. Six feet tall, 300 pounds...it makes ice.

  Homer

  Ice, Feet, Six

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• Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.

  Homer

  Life, Success, Broken Heart

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• A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.

  Homer

  Heart, Tongue, Slander

  Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.380

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• There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

  Homer

  Winning, Men, Hands

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• So peaceful shalt thou end thy blissful days, And steal thyself from life by slow decays.

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  Peace, Decay, Stealing

  Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.406

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• Too many kings can ruin an army

  Homer

  Leadership, Kings, Army

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• How vain, without the merit, is the name.

  Homer

  Vanity, Names, Literature

  Homer (1909). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.391

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• It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.

  Homer

  Wise, Art, Cleverness

  Homer (1760). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.90

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• out of sight,out of mind

  Homer

  Sight, Mind, Of Sight Out Of Mind

  Homer (2005). “The Odyssey”, p.156, Macmillan

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• Insignificant mortals, who are as leaves are, and now flourish and grow warm with life, and feed on what the ground gives, but then again fade away and are dead.

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  Giving, Grows, Fades

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• Whenever a man is tired, wine is a great restorer of strength.

  Homer

  Tired, Wine, Men

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• The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

  Homer

  Evil, Joy, Suffering

  Homer (2015). “The Odyssey”, p.563, Homer

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• Young people are thoughtless as a rule.

  Homer

  Philosophy, Educational, People

  Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

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• The fates have given mankind a patient soul.

  Homer

  Patience, Fate, Soul

  Homer (1950). “The Iliad”, Signet

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• Now what is a wedding? Well, Webster's dictionary describes a wedding as the process of removing weeds from one's garden.

  Homer

  Weed, Garden, Process

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• Have patience, heart.

  Homer

  Heart, Having Patience

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• Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.

  Homer

  Hunger, Dies

  Homer, William Shakespeare (2015). “Delphi Poetry Anthology: The World's Greatest Poems”, p.64, Delphi Classics

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• Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you - it’s born with us the day that we are born.

  Homer

  Grief, Fate, Men

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• Nothing in the world is so incontinent as a man's accursed appetite.

  Homer

  Men, Greed, World

  Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

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• Better to flee from death than feel its grip.

  Homer

  Death, Feels

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• Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender.

  Homer

  Sleep, Giants, Blenders

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• A hunter of shadows, himself a shade.

  Homer

  Shadow, Hunters, Shade

  "Odyssey". Poem by Homer, XI,

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• A gun is not a weapon! It's a tool, like a butcher's knife, or a harpoon, or an alligator.

  Homer

  Gun, Knives, Tools

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• Unextinguished laughter shakes the skies.

  Homer

  Laughter, Sky, Absurd

  Homer (2015). “The Iliad”, p.47, Homer

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