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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)
Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his power. View quote
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Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery. View quote
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For never, never, wicked man was wise. View quote
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By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, And what to those we give, to Jove is lent. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave. View quote
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It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. View quote
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It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most. View quote
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Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift. View quote
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Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe The fate of many. (Homer)
Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies. View quote
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Shame greatly hurts or greatly helps mankind. View quote
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I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all his great mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man's heart and becomes a thing sweeter to him by far than the dripping of honey. View quote
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I war not with the dead. View quote
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As leaves on the trees, such is the life of man. View quote
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A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities. View quote
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All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them. View quote
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The wine-dark sea. View quote
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Not vain the weakest, if their force unite. View quote
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Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy. (Homer)
Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. View quote
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Few sons attain the praise Of their great sires and most their sires disgrace. View quote
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'T is fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth. View quote
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But he whose inborn worth his acts commend, Of gentle soul, to human race a friend. View quote
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Homer

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Occupation: Greek Author
Quotes count: 345
Wikipedia: Homer

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