Quotes by Homer

"Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager."

"The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind."

"There she encountered Sleep, the brother of Death."

"Too much rest becomes a pain."

"As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity. The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning. So one generation of men will grow while another dies."

"The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it."

"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."

"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."

"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."

"And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared."

"Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe."

"To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it."

"But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions."

"Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid."

"In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!"