Life is largely a matter of expectation.
HOMERThere is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
More Homer Quotes
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Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
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I didn’t lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!
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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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The melancholy joys of evils pass’d, For he who much has suffer’d, much will know.
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
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Who love too much, hate in the like extreme.
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The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
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The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.
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To be loved, you have to be nice to people, everyday. But to be hated, you don’t have to do squat!
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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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The journey is the thing.
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He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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Men are so quick to blame the gods.
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Always to be best, and distinguished above the rest.
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Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other’s good, and melt at other’s woe.
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Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.
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Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
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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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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
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It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.
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My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius.
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I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another.
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A small rock holds back a great wave.
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Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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