Always be the best, my boy, the bravest, and hold your head up high above all the others. Never disgrace the generation of your fathers. They were the bravest champions.
HOMERFate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
More Homer Quotes
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What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.
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He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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Immortals are never alien to one another.
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A woman is a lot like a refrigerator. Six feet tall, 300 pounds, it makes ice.
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Life is largely a matter of expectation.
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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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Have patience, heart.
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Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.
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Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.
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Too many kings can ruin an army.
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Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.
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The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.
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The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return.
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For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.
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