Fighting Quotes by Homer

15 Fighting quotes by Homer

Homer’s take on fighting echoes the epic clashes of ancient myths. Across fifteen verses, the poet weaves heroic narratives that illuminate timeless themes of courage, fate, and the human cost of war.

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One omen is best, to fight in defense of one's country.

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Even the bravest cannot fight beyond his power

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

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The single best augury is to fight for one's country.

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Steel itself oft lures a man to fight.

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It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.

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

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Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager.

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

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The proof of battle is action, proof of words, debate. No time for speeches now, it's time to fight.

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

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

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Shoulder-to-shoulder, swing to the work, we must - just two as we are - if we hope to make some headway. The…

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

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He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

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“Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better.”

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The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.

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“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years…

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

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“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves…

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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…

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“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for…

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Boy, everyone is stupid except me.

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“With that the dream departed, leaving him there, his heart racing with hopes that would not come to pass. He thought he would take…

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Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

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Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.

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My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius

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Being popular is the most important thing in the world!

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Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies.

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