Grief Quotes by Homer

Sinks my sad soul with sorrow to the grave.

— Homer

Do not mourn the dead with the belly.

— Homer

It is wrong to sorrow without ceasing.

— Homer

She threw into the wine which they were drinking a drug which takes away grief and passion and brings forgetfulness of all…

— Homer

Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.

— Homer

“A man who has suffered much and wandered much has pleasure out of his sorrows.”

— Homer

Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design…

— Homer

And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles'…

— Homer

And his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his…

— Homer

“But now, as it is, sorrows, unending sorrows must surge within your heart as well—for your own son’s death. Never again will…

— Homer

Why so much grief for me? No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate. And fate? No one alive…

— Homer

Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for…

— Homer

Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as…

— Homer

“During the daytime I glut myself with sorrow and lament, having my own duties to see to, and my house-maidens' work: but…

— Homer

“…and they limp and halt, they’re all wrinkled, drawn, they squint to the side, can’t look you in the eyes, and always…

— Homer

And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious…

— Homer