I detest the man who hides on thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another. — Homer Copy Share Image
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
A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time — Homer Copy Share Image
To labour is the lot of man below; And when Jove gave us life, he gave us woe. — Homer Copy Share Image
Think not to match yourself against the gods, for men that walk the earth cannot hold their own with the immortals. — 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
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
All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their… — Homer Copy Share Image
So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence. — Homer Copy Share Image
A man's life breath cannot come back again-- no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a… — Homer Copy Share Image
Like leaves on trees the race of man is found,- Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the… — Homer Copy Share Image
Reproach is infinite, and knows no end So voluble a weapon is the tongue; Wounded, we wound; and neither side can fail… — Homer Copy Share Image
Achilles glared at him and answered, "Fool, prate not to me about covenants. There can be no covenants between men and lions,… — Homer Copy Share Image
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given… — Homer Copy Share Image
Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the… — Homer Copy Share Image
Two diverse gates there are of bodiless dreams, These of sawn ivory, and those of horn. Such dreams as issue where the… — Homer Copy Share Image
What greater glory attends a man than what he wins with his racing feet and his striving hands? — Homer Copy Share Image
Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,- Such men as live in these degenerate days. — Homer Copy Share Image
“Not at all similar are the race of the immortal gods and the race of men who walk upon the earth” — Homer Copy Share Image
In saffron-colored mantle from the tides Of Oceans rose the Morning to bright light TO gods and men. — Homer Copy Share Image
Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below. — Homer Copy Share Image
See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly. — Homer Copy Share Image
The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death. — Homer Copy Share Image
The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot. — Homer Copy Share Image
For Fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man! — Homer Copy Share Image
No one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or… — Homer Copy Share Image
Wine sets even a thoughtful man to singing, or sets him into softly laughing, sets him to dancing. Sometimes it tosses out… — Homer Copy Share Image
Men in their generations are like the leaves of the trees. The wind blows and one year's leaves are scattered on the… — Homer Copy Share Image
Take thou thy arms and come with me, For we must quit ourselves like men, and strive To air our cause, although… — Homer Copy Share Image
There is no greater glory that can befall a man that what he achieves with the speed of his feet or the… — 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
The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. — Homer Copy Share
“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
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. — Homer Copy Share
“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
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
“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
“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
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
Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies And sure he will for Wisdom never lies. — Homer Copy Share
