Homer Quote by Propertius Download Open image “In love, a verse of Mimnermus has more power than one of Homer.” — Propertius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Homer Love Love Verse Mimnermus Power Poet Poetry Power Verse Mimnermus Verses
“But Homer's words are as costly and admirable to Homer, as Agamemnon's victories are to Agamemnon” — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Using the same terms Homer uses on the battlefield, he wrote that love has the power of breaking or weakening the knees, and that… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
We do not need the praises of a Homer, or of anyone else whose words may delight us for the moment, but the estimation… — Pericles Copy Share Image
Themistocles being asked whether he would rather be Achilles or Homer, said, "Which would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Homer is one of the men of genius who solve that fine problem of art - the finest of all, perhaps - truly to… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Homer must have felt this pressure to come up with an epic poem that would sound totally new to an audience that had loved… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
Did the gods once mingle with humankind, or is Homer a visionary madman, or, what is worse, a mere poet, a maker-up of beautiful… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
And we must beg Homer and the other poets not to be angry if we strike out these and similar passages, not because they… — Plato Copy Share Image
Achilles exists only through Homer . Take away the art of writing from this world , and you will probably take away its glory . — François-René de Chateaubriand Copy Share Image
Love is God's essence; Power but his attribute: therefore is his love greater than his power. — Richard B. Garnett Copy Share Image
“Love is not the opposite of power. Love IS power. Love is the strongest power there is.” — Vironika Tugaleva Copy Share Image
If you see anything, always deny that you've seen; or if perchance something pains you, deny that you're hurt. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade — Propertius Copy Share Image
Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all. — Propertius Copy Share Image
A cause breaks or exalts a soldier's strength; unless that cause is just, shame will make him throw his weapons away. — Propertius Copy Share Image
Faith is not sure, if you cannot turn love to quarrel; may my enemies obtain a mild mistress. — Propertius Copy Share Image
You, O money, are the cause of a restless life! Because of you we journey toward a premature death; you provide cruel nourishment for… — Propertius Copy Share Image
Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among… — Propertius Copy Share Image
It is true that from a behavioral economics perspective we are fallible, easily confused, not that smart, and often irrational. We are more like… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“we're looking for a planeet on the strength of a song. it's crazy I know, but its the only chance we have to do… — Janet Kagan Copy Share Image
“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 Image
Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders… — Brendan Myers Copy Share Image
I've seen few things more depressing than the end-of-season Giants-Padres series in 2001 in which Barry Bonds hit his 68th homer of the year… — Stephen Rodrick Copy Share Image
The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of Job because… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
'The Odyssey' is a great poem to refugee-dom... Odysseus is not entirely a refugee... he's somebody who's blown off course. The entire book is… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history. — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
We see then how far the monuments of wit and learning are more durable than the monuments of power, or of the hands. For… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“The Odyssey was written by Homer, or another Greek of the same name.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods all things which are disreputable and worthy of blame when done by men; and they told of… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
