Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death.
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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Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
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Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
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In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
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My every impulse bends to what is right.
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It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.
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There 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.
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Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
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Youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.
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The journey is its own reward.
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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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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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Go on with a spirit that fears nothing.
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Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.
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No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.
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We men are wretched things.
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Few sons are like their fathers, most are worse, few better.
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Modesty is of no use to a beggar.
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I long for home, long for the sight of home.
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Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
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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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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
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Pray, for all men need the aid of the gods.
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Everything flows and nothing stays.
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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.
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