What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
HOMERFor a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.
More Homer Quotes
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My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius.
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Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
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It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.
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Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.
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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
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Few sons are like their fathers, most are worse, few better.
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Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
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The melancholy joys of evils pass’d, For he who much has suffer’d, much will know.
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You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.
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He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
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Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.
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Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
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There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
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