Homer Homer Quotes

"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."

"Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes."

"Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood,The source of evil one, and one of good; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills,Blessings to these, to those distributes ills;To most he mingles both."

"I have suffered much from waves and wars, and now let this trial join the rest."

"A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother."

"To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it."

"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."

"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."

"I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another"

"In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!"

"The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others."

"After the event, even a fool is wise"

"As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity. / The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning. / So one generation of men will grow while another dies."

"It is not right to glory in the slain"

"Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend."

"Light is the task where many share the toil."

"But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions."

"Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe."

"Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing."

"Wise to resolve, and patient to perform."