--- title: "7 Gates Quotes By Homer" description: "7 Gates quotes by Homer. Plus more from Homer and more Gates sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/homer-357_gates_hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-i_15679.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/homer-357_gates_hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-i_15679.png) > [Wine give strenght to weary men. and And wine can of their wits the wise beguile. Make the sage frolic, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/wine-give-strenght-to-weary-men-and-and-wine-can-of-their-wits-the/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b4/homer-357_bacchus_wine-give-strenght-to-weary-men-and-and_283648.jpg) > [Close to the Gates a spacious Garden lies, From the Storms defended and inclement Skies; Four Acres was the allotted Space of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/close-to-the-gates-a-spacious-garden-lies-from-the-storms-defended/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ab/homer-357_acres_close-to-the-gates-a-spacious-garden-lie_616914.jpg) > [Two diverse gates there are of bodiless dreams, These of sawn ivory, and those of horn. Such dreams as issue where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/two-diverse-gates-there-are-of-bodiless-dreams-these-of-sawn-ivory/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/homer-357_bed_two-diverse-gates-there-are-of-bodiless_1999208.jpg) > [Zeus most glorious and most great, Thundercloud, throned in the heavens! Let not the sun go down and the darkness come, until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/zeus-most-glorious-and-most-great-thundercloud-throned-in-the-heavens/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/homer-357_bites_zeus-most-glorious-and-most-great-thunde_2198980.png) > [Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/dreams-surely-are-difficult-confusing-and-not-everything-in-them-is/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9d/homer-357_confusing_dreams-surely-are-difficult-confusing-an_2478078.png) > [Friend, many and many a dream is mere confusion a cobweb of no consequence at all. Two gates for ghostly dreams there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/friend-many-and-many-a-dream-is-mere-confusion-a-cobweb-of-no/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/homer-357_cobwebs_friend-many-and-many-a-dream-is-mere-con_2594835.png) ## Other authors on Gates ## 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/gates/homer/#itemlist", "name": "7 Gates Quotes By Homer", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Homer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-is-he-who-hiding-one-thing-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/homer-357_gates_hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-i_15679.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/homer-357_gates_hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-i_15679.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9b/homer-357_gates_hateful-to-me-as-are-the-gates-of-hell-i_15679.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.” — Homer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Wine give strenght to weary men. and And wine can of their wits the wise beguile. 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