I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead. — Homer Copy Share Image
Nothing feebler does earth nurture than man, Of all things breathing and moving. — Homer Copy Share Image
Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man. — Homer Copy Share Image
Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him. — Homer Copy Share Image
Heaven hears and pities hapless men like me, For sacred ev'n to gods is misery. — Homer Copy Share Image
Just are the ways of heaven; from Heaven proceed The woes of man: Heaven doom'd the Greeks to bleed. — Homer Copy Share Image
There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands. — Homer Copy Share Image
Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a… — Homer Copy Share Image
It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all… — Homer Copy Share Image
O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may… — Homer Copy Share Image
Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told… — Homer Copy Share Image
Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held… — Homer Copy Share Image
Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and… — Homer Copy Share Image
Ruin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth,… — Homer Copy Share Image
Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds. — Homer Copy Share Image
One man is a splendid fighter -- a god has made him so -- one's a dancer, another skilled at lyre and… — Homer Copy Share Image
A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning… — Homer Copy Share Image
If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what… — Homer Copy Share Image
I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all… — Homer Copy Share Image
Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as the… — Homer Copy Share Image
[I]t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of… — Homer Copy Share Image
Strife and Confusion joined the fight, along with cruel Death, who seized one wounded man while still alive and then another man… — Homer Copy Share Image
And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles'… — Homer Copy Share Image
Come, Friend, you too must die. Why moan about it so? Even Patroclus died, a far, far better man than you. And… — Homer Copy Share Image
These nights are endless, and a man can sleep through them, or he can enjoy listening to stories, and you have no… — Homer Copy Share Image
He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before. — Homer Copy Share Image
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. — Homer Copy Share Image
“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending, the wanderer, harried for years… — Homer Copy Share Image
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. — Homer Copy Share Image
“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves… — Homer Copy Share Image
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… — Homer Copy Share Image
“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism. To be content with what we at present know, is, for… — Homer Copy Share Image
“With that the dream departed, leaving him there, his heart racing with hopes that would not come to pass. He thought he would take… — Homer Copy Share Image
Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. — Homer Copy Share Image
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