Homer Quotes - Page 4

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• Unextinguished laughter shakes the skies.

  Homer

  Laughter, Sky, Absurd

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

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• Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.

  Homer

  Prayer, Men, Needs

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• For love deceives the best of woman kind.

  Homer

  Love, Life, Kind

  Homer (1752). “The Odyssey of Homer: Translated from the Greek”, p.47

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• Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift.

  Homer

  Men, Evil, Deeds

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• Long exercised in woes.

  Homer

  Long, Woe

  Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.314

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• There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.

  Homer

  Wander, Mortals

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• To heal divisions, to relieve the oppress'd, In virtue rich; in blessing others, bless'd.

  Homer

  Blessing, Division, Rich

  Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.369

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• And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.

  Homer

  Husband, Grief, Home

  Homer, Stanley Lombardo (2000). “Odyssey”, p.41, Hackett Publishing

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• He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

  Homer

  Would Be, Iliad

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• Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.

  Homer

  Song, Hero, Stories

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• Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

  Homer

  Men, Mind, Age

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• If you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things.

  Homer

  Stupid, Mad, Stupid Things

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• Marge, when I join an underground cult I expect a little support from my family.

  Homer

  Support, Littles, My Family

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• The journey is the thing.

  Homer

  Inspirational, Teenager, Journey

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• I'll get out of this city alive, even if it kills me!

  Homer

  Cities, Alive, Kill Me

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• I, for one, know of no sweeter sight for a man's eyes than his own country.

  Homer

  Country, Eye, Men

  Homer (1981). “The illustrated Odyssey”

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• I'll teach you to laugh at something that's funny!

  Homer

  Laughing, Teach

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• But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

  Homer

  Way, Spirit, Argument

  Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.231

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• Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

  Homer

  Soul, Sorrow, Sad Soul

  Homer, Alexander Pope, Gilbert Wakefield (1796). “The Iliad of Homer: Translated by Alexander Pope, Esq. A new edition, with additional notes, critical and illustrative, by Gilbert Wakefield, B.A. ...”, p.55

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• What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands?

  Homer

  Winning, Men, Hands

  Homer (2008). “Odyssey, Homer”, Spark Publishing Group

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• Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as 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

  Fighting, Men, Fire

  Homer (1997). “The Odyssey”, p.452, Penguin

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• And empty words are evil.

  Homer

  Evil, Empty, Empty Words

  Homer (1998). “The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation”, p.190, Macmillan

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• The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.

  Homer

  Lying, Dark, Sea

  Homer (1950). “The Iliad”, Turtleback

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• The lot of man-to suffer and die.

  Homer

  Men, Suffering, Coping

  Homer (2010). “Odyssey”, p.100, The Floating Press

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• Too dear I prized a fair enchanting face: beauty unchaste is beauty in disgrace.

  Homer

  Beauty, Faces, Enchanting

  Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.379

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