Homer

The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.

— Homer

For Fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man!

— Homer

It is a wise child that knows his own father. [Lat., Nondum enim quisquam suum parentem ipse cognosvit.]

— Homer

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother

— Homer

Miserable mortals who like leaves at one moment flame with life eating the produce of the land and at another moment weakly…

— Homer

The leader, mingling with the vulgar host, Is in the common mass of matter lost.

— Homer

Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

— Homer

“Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!”

— Homer

'T is fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth.

— Homer

“It is unfortunate for us, that, of some of the greatest men, we know least, and talk most.”

— Homer

And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

— Homer

And endless are the modes of speech, and far Extends from side to side the field of words.

— Homer

There is satiety in all things, in sleep, and love-making, in the loveliness of singing and the innocent dance.

— Homer

I've gone back in time to when dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos.

— Homer

All the survivors of the war had reached their homes and so put the perils of battle and the sea behind them.

— Homer

It is no bad thing to be a king-to see one's house enriched and one's authority enhanced.

— Homer

Strife, only a slight thing when she first rears her head but her head soon hits the sky as she strides across…

— Homer

Sensitive love letters are my specialty. 'Dear Baby, Welcome to Dumpsville. Population: you.'

— Homer

It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.

— Homer

The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death.

— Homer

And bear unmov'd the wrongs of base mankind, The last, and hardest, conquest of the mind.

— Homer

See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly.

— Homer

“As the wind scatters leaves upon the earth, such is the race of men”

— Homer

It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.

— Homer

Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below.

— Homer

To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe.

— Homer

In every sorrowing soul I pour'd delight, And poverty stood smiling in my sight.

— Homer

All deaths are hateful to miserable mortals, but the most pitiable death of all is to starve.

— Homer

Kids are great. You can teach them to hate what you hate and, with the Internet and all, they practically raise themselves.

— Homer

It's about time trees were good for something, instead of just standing there like jerks!

— Homer

“...an irresistible sleep fell deeply on his eyes, the sweetest, soundest oblivion, still as the sleep of death itself...”

— Homer

Accept these grateful tears...For thee they flow, for thee... That ever felt another's woe.

— Homer

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.

— Homer

To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

— Homer

The information superhighway showed the average person what some nerd thinks about Star Trek.

— Homer

The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.

— Homer

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

— Homer

A boy without mischief is like a bowling ball without a liquid center.

— Homer

Forgetful youth! but know, the Power above With ease can save each object of his love; Wide as his will extends his…

— Homer

I've always wondered if there was a God. And now I know there is -- and it's me.

— Homer