I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other’s arms.
HOMERMany shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
More Homer Quotes
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I long for home, long for the sight of home.
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The force of union conquers all.
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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
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To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.
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Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.
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Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
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Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
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For too much rest becomes a pain.
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Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.
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What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
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Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.
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I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.
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