A small rock holds back a great wave.
HOMERWise to resolve, and patient to perform.
More Homer Quotes
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Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.
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Wine can of their wits the wise beguile, Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
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The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.
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I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other’s arms.
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Light is the task where many share the toil.
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Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.
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Some things you will think of yourself, some things God will put into your mind.
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What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
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Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
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The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
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Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
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If you serve too many masters, you’ll soon suffer.
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Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.
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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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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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