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.
HOMERWine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
More Homer Quotes
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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
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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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The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.
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What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
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Choose well.
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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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Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
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He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
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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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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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Everything looks bad if you remember it.
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Some things you will think of yourself, some things God will put into your mind.
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It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.
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