What are the children of men, but as leaves that drop at the wind’s breath?
HOMERA man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.
More Homer Quotes
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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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Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger.
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Everything is more beautiful because we’re doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
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Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
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Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
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Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.
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Choose well.
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I didn’t lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!
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The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return.
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Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard.
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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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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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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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Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
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The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.
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