"Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give…" — Homer
"Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear."
—
Homer
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
410 Quotes by Homer
Homer has 410 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Oh, my tattered rags are caught on your coffee table.
-
Young people are thoughtless as a rule.
-
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
-
Better to flee from death than feel its grip.
-
Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.
-
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
-
It never was our guise to slight the poor, or aught humane despise.
-
Who love too much, hate in the like extreme.
-
For love deceives the best of woman kind.
-
The fates have given mankind a patient soul.
-
Light is the task where many share the toil.
-
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.
See all 410 quotes by Homer »
More Ear Quotes
This quote is filed under Ear Quotes,
one of 1,176 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
-
Dogs feel very strongly that they should always go with you in the car, in case the need should arise…
— Dave Barry
-
Here is everything which can lay hold of the eye, ear and imagination - everything which can charm and bewitch…
— John Adams
-
I got some media coverage for using the tail, the ear, the oink.
— Mario Batali
-
Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves…
— Thomas Beecham
-
Anyone who tries to keep track of what is happening in China is going to end up by wearing all…
— Robert Benchley
-
Music makes us want to live. You don't know how many times people have told me that they'd been down…
— Mary J. Blige
-
To sing a song is like whispering to a child's ear. It is an art heavily relying on improvisation.
— Andrea Bocelli
-
Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart.
— William Jennings Bryan
-
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment,…
— Leo Buscaglia
-
Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
— Samuel Butler
-
When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it…
— Maria Callas
See all 1,176 Ear Quotes »