Winged words
—The Illiad
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who
hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
—The Illiad
It lies in the lap of the gods.
—The Illiad
Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.
—The Illiad
The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.
—The Illiad
Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks before and after.
—The Illiad
There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.
—The Illiad
All men have need of the gods.
—The Odyssey
We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.
—The Odyssey
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
—The Odyssey
I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.
—The Odyssey
Achilles exists only through Homer. Take away the art of writing from the world, and you will probably take away its glory.—Rancois René de Chateaubriand
Read Homer once, and you can read no more;
For all books else appear so mean, so poor,
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
—John Sheffield, Duke of Buckngham and Normandy
Homer and Hesiod attributed to the gods everything that is a shame and a reproach among men.—Xenophanes
In The Odyssey one may liken Homer to the setting sun, of which the gandeur remains without the intensity.—Longinus
Homer is new and fresh this morning, and nothing, perhaps, is as old and tired as today's newspaper.—Charles Péguy
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