Men Quotes by Homer

It's man's to fight, but heaven's to give success.

— Homer

Forget the brother and resume the man.

— Homer

I'm not a bath man myself. More of a cologne man.

— Homer

If any man obeys the gods, they listen to him also.

— Homer

The lot of man-to suffer and die.

— Homer

...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.

— Homer

The tongue of man is a twisty thing.

— Homer

The natural thing, my lord, men and women joined.

— Homer

I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.

— Homer

A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time

— Homer

Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.

— Homer

Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.

— Homer

The best thing in the world [is] a strong house held in serenity where man and wife agree.

— Homer

Nothing feebler does earth nurture than man, Of all things breathing and moving.

— Homer

Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery.

— Homer

Whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.

— Homer

A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many…

— Homer

It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all…

— Homer

Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.

— Homer

All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their…

— Homer

Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a…

— Homer

O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may…

— Homer

Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design…

— Homer

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told…

— Homer

One man is a splendid fighter -- a god has made him so -- one's a dancer, another skilled at lyre and…

— Homer

A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning…

— Homer

If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what…

— Homer

[I]t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of…

— Homer

Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as the…

— Homer

I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all…

— Homer

Strife and Confusion joined the fight, along with cruel Death, who seized one wounded man while still alive and then another man…

— Homer

Let him submit to me! Only the god of death is so relentless, Death submits to no one—so mortals hate him most…

— Homer

Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and…

— Homer

Come, Friend, you too must die. Why moan about it so? Even Patroclus died, a far, far better man than you. And…

— Homer

So, the gods don't hand out all their gifts at once, not build and brains and flowing speech to all. One man…

— Homer

Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for…

— Homer

These nights are endless, and a man can sleep through them, or he can enjoy listening to stories, and you have no…

— Homer

For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the…

— Homer

As leaves on the trees, such is the life of man.

— Homer

A young man is embarrassed to question an older one.

— Homer