Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
HOMERWine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
HOMERUrge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.
HOMERIt behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
HOMERAny moment might be our last.
HOMERImmortals are never alien to one another.
HOMERIt is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.
HOMERI detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another.
HOMERFew sons are like their fathers, most are worse, few better.
HOMERMy life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius.
HOMERWhat are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
HOMERIn youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
HOMERA small rock holds back a great wave.
HOMERFate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
HOMERDeath submits to no one.
HOMERLife is largely a matter of expectation.
HOMERTo speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.
HOMER