Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.
HOMERThere is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
More Homer Quotes
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He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
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The proud heart feels not terror nor turns to run and it is his own courage that kills him.
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Always to be best, and distinguished above the rest.
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Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.
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Men are so quick to blame the gods.
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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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Take courage, my heart: you have been through worse than this.
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There is nothing alive more agonized than man / of all that breathe and crawl across the earth.
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Too many kings can ruin an army.
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The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
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It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.
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I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
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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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