Begin Quote by Xenophanes Download Open image “All men begin their learning with Homer.” — Xenophanes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Begin Homer Learning Men
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
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
“Those who have not learned to read the ancient classics in the language in which they were written must have a very imperfect knowledge… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
When I was 16, I was taught by a wonderful teacher who let me ignore the Greek syllabus and just read Homer. — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
“Homer never wondered whether, after their many hand-to-hand struggles, Achilles or Ajax still had all their teeth.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I look at Homer and The Odyssey and all the disparate adventures this guy goes through, and then he returns home and the question… — Oliver Stone Copy Share Image
Every fiction since Homer has taught friendship, patriotism, generosity, contempt of death. These are the highest virtues; and the fictions which taught them were… — James Mackintosh Copy Share Image
The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name. — Aldous Huxley 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
...for our wisdom is better than the strength of men or of horses. ... nor is it right to prefer strength to excellent wisdom.… — Xenophanes 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
If oxen and lions had hands and could paint with their hands and produce works of art, as men do, horses would paint the… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
The sun comes into being each day from little pieces of fire that are collected. — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
No human being will ever know the Truth, for even if they happen to say it by chance, they would not even known they… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
If cows and horses had hands and could draw, cows would draw gods that look like cows and horses would draw gods that look… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
There is one god, greatest among gods and men, who bears no similarity to humans either in shape or thought... but humans believe that… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
In the beginning the gods did not at all reveal all things clearly to mortals, but by searching men in the course of time… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can… — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
Truly the gods have not from the beginning revealed all things to mortals, but by long seeking, mortals discover what is better. — Xenophanes Copy Share Image
The idea with a collection is sort of to begin with a kind of bang. — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
“Humble yourself before the Lord and he will lift you high. People who are gentle, humble and able always have a great ending no… — israelmore ayivor Copy Share Image
“Quitters don’t gain what they have started working on; waiters don’t start what they could have gained. What is common there is failure.” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The public should begin to understand that there's nothing that comes out of this campaign, or this Obama White House, that they can believe.… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
I look forward to the day that a lot of the folks that you all talk about and cover on this network will begin… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing,… — Fionnula Flanagan Copy Share Image
I was studying to be a dental hygienist and working as a dental assistant. I met a photographer and decided to put my job… — Nikki Ziering Copy Share Image
I will never attempt to even begin to make excuses for what I did in football. — Peter Storey Copy Share Image
The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person… — Hans Urs von Balthasar Copy Share Image
“Don't be sad because it's over. Be happy because you can start over.” — Ria Tumimomor Copy Share Image
An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
