Homer Quotes - Page 9

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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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• In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight.

  Homer

  Sight, Soul, Delight

  Homer (1854). “The Odyssey of Homer”, p.282

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• It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.

  Homer

  Revenge, Honey, Revenge Is Sweet

  "Iliad". Poem by Homer, XVIII,

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• Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.

  Homer

  Music, Song, Men

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• From now on walking is my beer and feeling good is my hangover.

  Homer

  Hangover, Beer, Feel Good

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• Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.

  Homer

  Beer, Weakness, Achilles

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• Wine gives strength to weary men.

  Homer

  Wine, Men, Giving

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• Take thou thy arms and come with me,
  For we must quit ourselves like men, and strive
  To air our cause, although we be but two.
  Great is the strength of feeble arms combined,
  And we can combat even with the brave.

  Homer

  War, Men, Air

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• Reproach is infinite, and knows no end.

  Homer

  Infinite, Ends, Knows

  Homer (1806). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.455

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• The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.

  Homer

  Cups, Bitter, Fortune

  Homer (1760). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.11

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• We mortals hear only the news, and know nothing at all.

  Homer

  News, Knows, Mortals

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• Strife and Confusion joined the fight, along with cruel Death, who seized one wounded man while still alive and then another man without a wound, while pulling the feet of one more corpse out from the fight. The clothes Death wore around her shoulders were dyed red with human blood.

  Homer

  Fighting, Men, Blood

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• By their own follies they perished, the fools.

  Homer

  Fool, Folly

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• Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.

  Homer

  Grief, Long, Joy

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• Now son, you don’t want to drink beer. That’s for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs.

  Homer

  Kids, Beer, Son

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• It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes.

  Homer

  Wish, Guests, Speed

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• Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms.

  Homer

  Grief, Heart, Giving

  Homer, Stanley Lombardo (1819). “Iliad”, p.443, Hackett Publishing

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• I believe children are the future...which is why they must be stopped now!

  Homer

  Children, Believe, I Believe

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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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• There will be killing till the score is paid.

  Homer

  Killing, Score, Paid

  Homer (1998). “The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation”, p.411, Macmillan

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• By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

  Homer

  Giving, Charity, Philanthropy

  Homer (2015). “The Odyssey”, p.249, Homer

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• And endless are the modes of speech, and far
  Extends from side to side the field of words.

  Homer

  Speech, Fields, Sides

  Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.220

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• Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.

  Homer

  Men, Earth, Breathe

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• Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away.

  Homer

  Spring, Men, Wind

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• A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

  Homer

  Friendship, Family, Sympathy

  Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

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