Homer quotes - page 13

Such desire is in him merely to see the hearthsmoke leaping upward from his own island, that he longs to die. (Homer)
Bird-signs! Fight for your country-that is the best, the only omen! View quote
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Man, supposing you and I, escaping this battle, would be able to live on forever, ageless, immortal, so neither would I myself go on fighting in the foremost, nor would I urge you into the fighting where men win glory. But now, seeing that the spirits of death stand close about us in their thousands, no man can turn aside or escape them, let us go on and win glory for ourselves, or yield it to others. View quote
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Hardship can age a person overnight. View quote
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There she encountered Sleep, the brother of Death. View quote
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And may the gods accomplish your desire: a home, a husband, and harmonious converse with him – the best thing in the world being a strong house held in serenity where man and wife agree. Woe to their enemies, joy to their friends! But all this they know best. View quote
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Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy. Many cities of men he saw and learned their minds, many pains he suffered, heartsick on the open sea, fighting to save his life and bring his comrades home. View quote
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But if you're a man who eats the crops of the earth, a mortal born for death-here, come closer, the sooner you will meet your day to die! View quote
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An irresistible sleep fell deeply on his eyes, the sweetest, soundest oblivion, still as the sleep of death itself... View quote
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The recklessness of their own ways destroyed them all. View quote
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When a Man's exhausted, wine will build his strength. (Homer)
The will of Zeus was accomplished. View quote
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I hate saying the same thing over and over again. View quote
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His cold remains all naked to the sky, On distant shores unwept, unburied lie. View quote
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Easily seen is the strength that is given from Zeus to mortals. View quote
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With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground. View quote
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I'd rather die at sea, with one deep gulp of death, than die by inches on this desolate island here! View quote
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Then looking at him darkly resourceful Odysseus spoke to him: "What is this word that broke through the fence of your teeth, Atreides?" View quote
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The chief indignant grins a ghastly smile. View quote
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By god, I'd rather slave on earth for another man- some dirt-poor tenant farmer who scrapes to keep alive- than rule down here over all the breathless dead. View quote
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The woodcutter is far better for skill than he is for brute strength. It is by skill that the sea captain holds his rapid ship on its course, though torn by winds, over the wine-blue water. By skill charioteer outpasses charioteer. (Homer)
The Fates have given mortals hearts that can endure. View quote
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Not that I'd grudge a tear for any man gone down to meet his fate. What other tribute can we pay to wretched men than to cut a lock, let tears roll down our cheeks? View quote
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Grey-eyed Athene sent them a favourable gale, a fresh West Wind, singing over the wine-dark sea. View quote
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Cursed is the man, and void of law and right, Unworthy property, unworthy light, Unfit for public rule, or private care, That wretch, that monster, that delights in war: Whose lust is murder, and whose horrid joy To tear his country, and his kind destroy! View quote
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