HomerThe wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoke… ▶371Humor
HomerWise to resolve, and patient to perform. ✨ Homer (1873). The Odyssey of Homer, p.57361Philosophy
HomerMiserable mortals who like leaves at one moment flame with life eating the produce of the land and at another moment weakly perish.372DeathLifeTime
HomerIf you serve too many masters, you'll soon suffer. ✨ Homer (1996). The Odyssey, Viking Press361Reflection
HomerGo on with a spirit that fears nothing.373Time
HomerBut listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me.351Politics
HomerSinging is the lowest form of communication.362Sadness
HomerI guess some people never change... Or, they quickly change and then quickly change back.362Humanity
HomerA councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.341Death
HomerWhy cover the same ground again? ... It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly. ✨ Homer (1997). The Odyssey, p.429, Penguin374Truth
HomerEven the bravest cannot fight beyond his power352Politics
HomerNow son, you don’t want to drink beer. That’s for Daddies, and kids with fake IDs.341Death
HomerOh, everything looks bad if you remember it.363Love
HomerA generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue. ✨ Homer (1872). The Iliad ..., p.380364Love
HomerHave patience, heart.375Love
HomerBut you, Achilles,/ There is not a man in the world more blest than you--/ There never has been, never will be one./ Time was, when you were alive, we Argives/ honored you as a go… ▶364DeathLifePolitics
HomerBe both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds. ✨ Homer (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Homer (Illustrated), p.3216, Delphi Classics375Death
HomerWhich would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?343Humor
HomerAnd for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man an… ▶376LifeLoveSadness
HomerDo not beg me by knees or by parents you dog! I only wish I were savagely wrathful enough to hack up your corpse and eat it raw ✨ Homer (1963). The Iliad311Life
HomerI too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.333Death
HomerAh, beer, my one weakness. My Achille's heel, if you will.322Thought
HomerRock stars, is there anything they don't know?344Philosophy
HomerHow vain, without the merit, is the name. ✨ Homer (1909). The Iliad of Homer, p.391378Humor
HomerNo one can hurry me down to Hades before my time, but if a man's hour is come, be he brave or be he coward, there is no escape for him when he has once been born. ✨ Homer (2… ▶367Time
HomerLike strength is felt from hope, and from despair. ✨ Homer (1806). The Iliad of Homer, p.78312Hope
HomerLight is the task where many share the toil.323Death
HomerA young man is embarrassed to question an older one.323Philosophy
HomerA guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.345Time
HomerIf you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time t… ▶323Time
