Odysseus Quotes

19 quotes by 15 authors

Like Odysseus, the President looked wiser when he was seated. — John Maynard Keynes
SIREN, n. One of several musical prodigies famous for a vain attempt to dissuade Odysseus from a life on the ocean wave. Figuratively, any lady… — Ambrose Bierce
On these sands and in the clefts of the rocks, in the depths of the sea, in the creaking of the pines, you'll spy secret… — Homer
As I look back, I feel a touch of pride at my younger self's dedication to literature, which gave him the strength of mind to… — Salman Rushdie
It's the quintessential Greek sport: harmonious, competitive, agonizing, nautical, and above all, intelligent. It combines Odysseus's brains and brawn and love of the sea with… — Barry S. Strauss
To find anything comparable with our forthcoming ventures into space, we must go back far beyond Columbus, far beyond Odysseus-far, indeed, beyond the first ape-man.… — Arthur C. Clarke
Across the gulf of centuries, the blind smile of Homer is turned upon our age. Along the echoing corridors of time, the roar of the… — Arthur C. Clarke
She sent him a warm and gentle wind, and Lord Odysseus was happy as he set his sails to catch the breeze. He sat beside… — Homer
One should part from life as Odysseus parted from Nausicaa-blessing it rather than in love with it. — Friedrich Nietzsche
There is yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it. Land, like Odysseus' slave-girls,… — Aldo Leopold
Granted, in order to give selflessly, one often starts giving selfishly. As Tiresias said to Odysseus: "Honey ... you don't get through hell in a… — Frederick Lenz
For they imagined as they wished--that it was a wild shot,/ an unintended killing--fools, not to comprehend/ they were already in the grip of death./… — Homer
Though men in the mass forget the origins of their need, they still bring wolfhounds into city apartments, where dog and man both sit brooding… — Loren Eiseley
But you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be one./ Time was,… — Homer
Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in… — Madeline Miller
The true artist plays mad with his soul, labors at the very lip of the volcano, but remembers and clings to his purpose, which is… — John Gardner
Shall I be wrong, or am I speaking the truth? My heart tells me to speak, for I think I never saw such a likeness,… — Helen
Odysseus sees reality as the situation or problem before him; Achilles sees it as something in himself, and the problem is to identify himself with… — Cedric H Whitman
You are a hard man, Odysseus. Your force is greater, your limbs never wear out. You must be made all of iron, when you will… — Eurylochos

Who Wrote These Odysseus Quotes

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