Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
HOMERThere is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
More Homer Quotes
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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
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Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
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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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The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
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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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It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.
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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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The journey is its own reward.
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Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.
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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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I guess some people never change. Or, they quickly change and then quickly change back.
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You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.
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Noblest minds are easiest bent.
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For too much rest becomes a pain.
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Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
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Light is the task where many share the toil.
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My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius.
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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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My every impulse bends to what is right.
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What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
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It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.
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Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.
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Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
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The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
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Life is largely a matter of expectation.
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Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
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