Too many kings can ruin an army.
HOMERToo many kings can ruin an army.
HOMERThe stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
HOMERYoung men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.
HOMERThe sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return.
HOMERI know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.
HOMEREven his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
HOMERHateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
HOMERMen grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.
HOMERSome things you will think of yourself, some things God will put into your mind.
HOMERThere is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
HOMERNo one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man’s hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born.
HOMERThere is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
HOMERWho love too much, hate in the like extreme.
HOMERAlways to be best, and distinguished above the rest.
HOMERHe knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
HOMERA man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.
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