Homer Quotes
Quotations and aphorisms by Homer:
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
~Homer
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There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
~Homer
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A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
~Homer
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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
~Homer
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Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
~Homer
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True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.
~Homer
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Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
~Homer
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Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
~Homer
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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
~Homer
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To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
~Homer
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Light is the task where many share the toil.
~Homer
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The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
~Homer
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
~Homer
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For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
~Homer
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Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both.
~Homer
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Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.
~Homer
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Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.
~Homer
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Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
~Homer
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It is not good to have a rule of many.
~Homer
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Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
~Homer
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How vain, without the merit, is the name.
~Homer
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Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.
~Homer
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Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
~Homer
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Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
~Homer
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A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
~Homer
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There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
~Homer
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In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
~Homer
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