Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.
HOMERIt behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
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Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.
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Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.
HOMERPray, for all men need the aid of the gods.
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Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
HOMEROf all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
HOMERMany shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.
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To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.
HOMERTo speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.
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Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other’s good, and melt at other’s woe.
HOMERYet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other’s good, and melt at other’s woe.
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Noblest minds are easiest bent.
HOMERNoblest minds are easiest bent.
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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.
HOMERThere 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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No 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.
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.
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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.
HOMERI 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.
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Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death.
HOMERSleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death.
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Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
HOMEREven his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
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Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
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We men are wretched things.
HOMERWe men are wretched things.
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The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return.
HOMERThe sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return.
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