Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death.
HOMERThe blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
More Homer Quotes
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What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
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There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible – magic to make the sanest man go mad.
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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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The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.
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Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.
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There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
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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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A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.
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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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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.
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Death submits to no one.
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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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Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
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It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.
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