Always Quote by P. J. O'Rourke Download Open image “Why can't death - if we must have it - be always glorious, as in 'The Iliad?'” — P. J. O'Rourke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Always Death Glorious Iliad Must Why
What is Death, so it be but glorious? 'Tis a sunset; And mortals may be happy to resemble The Gods but in decay. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“No one in the Iliad is spared by it, as no one on earth is. No one who succumbs to it is by virtue… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
“Everywhere in Homer's saga of the rage of Achilles and the battles before Troy we are made conscious at one and the same time… — Bernard Knox Copy Share Image
Everyone dies, and I am not, you know, I don't believe in the Homeric idea that, you know, immortality comes by, you know, having… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Because of its tremendous solemnity death is the light in which great passions, both good and bad, become transparent, no longer limited by outward… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
If the world becomes pagan and perishes, the last man left alive would do well to quote the Iliad and die. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the rules of Greek lament poetry is that it mustn't mention the dead by name in case of invoking a ghost. Maybe… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“Surely, by all convention, the Iliad will end here, with the triumphant return of its vindicated hero. But the Iliad is not a conventional epic, and at the very moment of its hero's greatest military triumph, Homer diverts his focus from Achilles to the epic's two most important casualties, Patroklos and Hektor: it is to the consequences of their deaths,… — Caroline Alexander Copy Share
While we have the gift of life, it seems to me the only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether… — Gilda Radner Copy Share Image
Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live any more. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Death is the lot of us all, and the only way that the human race has ever conquered death is by treating it with… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Now death is with us in such abundance and hovers over us in so massive a form that we don't have time to invent… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
In comparative terms, there's no poverty in America by a long shot. Heritage Foundation political scientist Robert Rector has worked up figures showing that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The Democrats said, "We don't know what's wrong with America, but we can fix it." The Republicans said, "There's nothing wrong with America, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
At Epcot Center the Disney corporation has focused its attention on two things greatly in need of Disneyfication: the tedious future and the annoying… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
It was Ronald Reagan who used to say that the 10 most frightening words in the English language are, "I'm from the federal government,… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Gun violence has cost us too many political leaders, and hardly ever the worst ones. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Pete Seeger is a modest, unassuming, cheerful, and kind-natured man. He's a good folk singer, if you can stand folk singing. And he's such… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Journalists are notoriously easy to kid. All you have to do is speak to a journalist in a very serious tone of voice, and… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a 'learning experience.' Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I've… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I'll be 56 this year, I've got two kids, and I think it's probably time to go back to writing one-glove jokes. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
It's always great to see old friends, especially those I have not been able to see in 15 months. — William Regal Copy Share Image
When you step out and do a song in a musical, the easier thing to do is make it funny. But when those transitions… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
I have really good lateral movement. I've always had quick lateral movement. — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music. — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
Mythology is something that always has opportunities to explore. 'It' has been on Earth for millions of years. He's been in contact with humans… — Andy Muschietti Copy Share Image
It's not writing in the traditional sense, but I've always said that the writing process continues on the set and even into the editing… — Robert B. Weide Copy Share Image
I always watch my matches back 100 times afterwards because that's how I improve. This is something I've always done, even in NXT. — Mandy Rose Copy Share Image
I've always been of the idea that is doesn't really matter where you are geographically - with 'Lonerism,' we made half the album in… — Kevin Parker Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
