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• Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.

  Homer

  Shining, Chance, Action

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• It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.

  Homer

  Sorry, Sorrow

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• The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death.

  Homer

  War, Men, Hands

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• From his tongue flowed speech sweeter than honey.

  Homer

  Speech, Honey, Tongue

  Iliad bk. 1, l. 249

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• Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his power

  Homer

  Fighting, Total War

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• Like strength is felt from hope, and from despair.

  Homer

  Strength, Hope, Expectations

  Homer (1806). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.78

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• The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.

  Homer

  Men, Tongue, Kind

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• The Simpsons are going to Delaware!

  Homer

  Delaware

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• Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe
  The fate of many.

  Homer

  Fate, Toil, Woe

  Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.254

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• You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.

  Homer

  Practice, Age, Way

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• Who love too much, hate in the like extreme.

  Homer

  Life, Hate, Too Much

  Homer (1811). “The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope”, p.293

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• It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.

  Homer

  Children, Dad, Father

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• Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.

  Homer

  Literature, Compare, Sane

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• Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a single honor, the brave with the weaklings. A man dies still if he has done nothing, as the one who has done much.

  Homer

  Fighting, Fate, Men

  Homer (2011). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.224, University of Chicago Press

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• See how God ever like with like doth pair, And still the worthless doth the worthless lead!

  Homer

  Pairs, Stills, Worthless

  Homer, William Shakespeare (2015). “Delphi Poetry Anthology: The World's Greatest Poems”, p.65, Delphi Classics

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• It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.

  Homer

  Song, Novelty, Audience

  Homer (1991). “The Odyssey”, Penguin Classics

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• Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

  Homer

  Rocks, Perfection, Rock N Roll

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• The hearts of the great can be changed.

  Homer

  Heart, Changed, Flexibility

  Homer (2011). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.336, University of Chicago Press

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• Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.

  Homer

  Wisdom, Lying, Deceit

  Homer (2013). “penelopeia, a wife's enduring love”, p.47, Lulu.com

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• I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.

  Homer

  Death, Suicide, Men

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• Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.

  Homer

  Lying, Two, Together

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• 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

  Lying, Men, Civilization

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• Old people don't need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use.

  Homer

  People, Needs, Use

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• I've always wondered if there was a God. And now I know there is -- and it's me.

  Homer

  Funny Simpsons, Funniest Simpsons, Great Simpsons

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• Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in the bosom of a man like smoke.

  Homer

  Anger, Men, Honey

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

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