--- title: "4 Gods Men Quotes By Homer" description: "4 Gods Men quotes by Homer. Plus more from Homer and more Gods Men sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/homer-357_day-by-day_of-all-the-creatures-that-breathe-and-cr_299570.png" --- > [“Of all the creatures that breathe and creep about on Mother Earth there is none so helpless as man. As long as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/of-all-the-creatures-that-breathe-and-creep-about-on-mother-earth/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7d/homer-357_day-by-day_of-all-the-creatures-that-breathe-and-cr_299570.png) > [So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/so-it-is-that-the-gods-do-not-give-all-men-gifts-of-grace-neither/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/homer-357_eloquence_so-it-is-that-the-gods-do-not-give-all-m_1607499.png) > [Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/nothing-feebler-than-a-man-does-the-earth-raise-up-of-all-the-things/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/homer-357_bears_nothing-feebler-than-a-man-does-the-eart_2878865.jpg) > [Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer/think-not-to-match-yourself-against-the-gods-for-men-that-walk-the/) [Homer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/homer-357_earth_think-not-to-match-yourself-against-the_2972559.png) ## 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/gods-men/homer/#itemlist", "name": "4 Gods Men Quotes By Homer", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Of all the creatures that breathe and creep about on Mother Earth there is none so helpless as man. 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