Books Quote by Homer

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

— Homer

“Few sons are like their fathers--most are worse, few better.”

— Homer

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things.

— 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…

— Homer

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.

— Homer

“And Zeus said: “Hera, you can choose some other time for paying your visit to Oceanus — for the present let us devote ourselves…

— 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…

— 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…

— Homer

Boy, everyone is stupid except me.

— 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…

— Homer

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

— Homer

Ah, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.

— Homer