--- title: "3 Epic Quotes By Homer" description: "3 Epic quotes by Homer. Plus more from Homer and more Epic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/homer-357_adventure_but-they-could-neither-of-them-persuade_864478.jpg" --- > [“But they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/but-they-could-neither-of-them-persuade-me-for-there-is-nothing/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/homer-357_adventure_but-they-could-neither-of-them-persuade_864478.jpg) > [“Sleep is sweet, whomever it seizes, though he has cares.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/sleep-is-sweet-whomever-it-seizes-though-he-has-cares/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/homer-357_epic_sleep-is-sweet-whomever-it-seizes-though_1452054.png) > [“Hektor, argue me no agreements. I cannot forgive you. As there are no trustworthy oaths between men and lions, nor wolves and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/hektor-argue-me-no-agreements-i-cannot-forgive-you-as-there-are-no/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/010/homer-357_epic_hektor-argue-me-no-agreements-i-cannot-f_2418244.png) ## Other authors on Epic - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-g-hendricks-42414.jpg) Howard G. Hendricks 30 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/howard-g-hendricks/) - [C.L. Wilson 14 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/c-l-wilson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hunter-s-thompson-42712.jpg) Hunter S. Thompson 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/hunter-s-thompson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-lascelles-abercrombie-58725.jpg) Lascelles Abercrombie 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/lascelles-abercrombie/) - [Karen Azinger 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/karen-azinger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tim-sweeney-90956.jpg) Tim Sweeney 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/tim-sweeney/) - [Barry Kirwan 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/barry-kirwan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-gwyneth-paltrow-39818.jpg) Gwyneth Paltrow 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/gwyneth-paltrow/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-caroline-alexander-21297.jpg) Caroline Alexander 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/caroline-alexander/) ## More by Homer > [He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/he-knew-the-things-that-were-and-the-things-that-would-be-and-the/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/few-sons-are-like-their-fathers-most-are-worse-few-better/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/the-lord-gives-and-the-lord-takes-away-as-it-pleases-him-for-he-can/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/sing-in-me-muse-and-through-me-tell-the-story-of-that-man-skilled-in/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-is-he-who-hiding-one-thing-in/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/and-zeus-said-hera-you-can-choose-some-other-time-for-paying-your/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/ruin-eldest-daughter-of-zeus-she-blinds-us-all-that-fatal-madness-she/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/scepticism-is-as-much-the-result-of-knowledge-as-knowledge-is-of/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Boy, everyone is stupid except me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/boy-everyone-is-stupid-except-me/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [“With that the dream departed, leaving him there, his heart racing with hopes that would not come to pass. He thought he would take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/with-that-the-dream-departed-leaving-him-there-his-heart-racing-with/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/tell-me-o-muse-of-that-ingenious-hero-who-travelled-far-and-wide/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/ah-beer-my-one-weakness-my-achille-s-heel-if-you-will/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/my-life-is-more-to-me-than-all-the-wealth-of-ilius/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Being popular is the most important thing in the world!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/being-popular-is-the-most-important-thing-in-the-world/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) > [Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/urge-him-with-truth-to-frame-his-fair-replies-and-sure-he-will-for/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/epic/homer/#itemlist", "name": "3 Epic Quotes By Homer", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and his parents, and however splendid a home he may have in a foreign country, if it be far from father or mother, he does not care about it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Homer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/but-they-could-neither-of-them-persuade-me-for-there-is-nothing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/homer-357_adventure_but-they-could-neither-of-them-persuade_864478.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/homer-357_adventure_but-they-could-neither-of-them-persuade_864478.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/820/homer-357_adventure_but-they-could-neither-of-them-persuade_864478.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But they could neither of them persuade me, for there is nothing dearer to a man than his own country and…” — Homer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Sleep is sweet, whomever it seizes, though he has cares.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Homer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/sleep-is-sweet-whomever-it-seizes-though-he-has-cares/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/homer-357_epic_sleep-is-sweet-whomever-it-seizes-though_1452054.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/homer-357_epic_sleep-is-sweet-whomever-it-seizes-though_1452054.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/homer-357_epic_sleep-is-sweet-whomever-it-seizes-though_1452054.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sleep is sweet, whomever it seizes, though he has cares.” — Homer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hektor, argue me no agreements. 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