Modesty is of no use to a beggar.
HOMERThere is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
More Homer Quotes
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Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
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I guess some people never change. Or, they quickly change and then quickly change back.
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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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It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
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Empty words are evil.
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A small rock holds back a great wave.
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A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.
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Everything looks bad if you remember it.
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There will be killing till the score is paid.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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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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To speak his thoughts is every freeman’s right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.
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The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
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Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
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In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
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