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Homer Quotes - Page 10

All Quotes Achilles Age Beer Birth Blame Charity Children Country Dad Death Earth Evil Fame Fate Feelings Fighting Friendship Giving Glory God Grace Grief Hate Heart Heaven Honor House Husband Inspirational Joy Killing Leadership Life Literature Love Lying Military Muse Pain Philanthropy Praise Running Shame Singing Sleep Son Sorrow Soul Speed Spring Success Suffering Twins War Wealth Wife Wine Winning Youth

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.

Friendship, Family, Sympathy

Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.

Men, Earth, Breathe

Like the generations of leaves, the lives of mortal men. Now the wind scatters the old leaves across the earth, now the living timber bursts with the new buds and spring comes round again. And so with men: as one generation comes to life, another dies away.

Spring, Men, Wind

Why, you could wake up dead tomorrow

Wake Up, Tomorrow, Funny Simpsons

A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.

Inspirational, Men, Done

Homer (2011). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.59, University of Chicago Press

Porkchops and bacon, my two favorite animals.

Animal, Two

some things you will think of yourself,...some things God will put into your mind

Inspirational, Teenager, Thinking

Homer (1937). “The story of Odysseus”

And woe succeeds woe.

Woe, Succeed

And by the Sacred Parchment, I swear that if I reveal the secrets of The Stonecutters, may my stomach become bloated and my head be plucked of all but three hairs

Hair, Secret, Three

The information superhighway showed the average person what some nerd thinks about Star Trek.

Stars, Thinking, Average

Insignificant mortals, who are as leaves are, and now flourish and grow warm with life, and feed on what the ground gives, but then again fade away and are dead.

Giving, Grows, Fades

And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

Kindness, Justice, Heaven

Homer (1717). “The Iliad of Homer”

I'm a rageaholic. I just can't live without rageahol.

Boy, those Germans have a word for everything!

Boys

Wine give strenght to weary men. and And wine can of their wits the wise beguile. Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile. and Let those who drink not, but austerely dine, Dry up in law; the muses smell of wine. and No poem was ever written by a drinker of water. and Bacchus opens the gate of the heart. and Might to inspire new hopes and powerful To drown the bitterness of cares.

Wise, Powerful, Heart

When a woman says nothing's wrong, that means everything's wrong. And when a woman says everything's wrong, that means everything's wrong! And when a woman says something's not funny, you'd better not laugh your ass off!

Mean, Laughing, Ass

For never, never, wicked man was wise.

Wise, Men, Wicked

Homer (1872). “The Iliad ...”, p.326

The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame.

Fame, Vulgar

Homer (1791). “The Iliad: Of Homer. Translated by Mr. Pope. ...”, p.335

We battle on in words, as always, mere words, and what's the cure? We cannot find a thing.

Battle, Cures, Mere

The internet wasn't created for mockery, it was supposed to help researchers at different universities share data sets. It was!

Data, Different, Helping

I am so smart. I am so smart. I am so smart. S-M-R-T ... Uh, I mean S-M-A-R-T.

Smart, Mean

So, the gods don't hand out all their gifts at once, not build and brains and flowing speech to all. One man may fail to impress us with his looks but a god can crown his words with beauty, charm, and men look on with delight when he speaks out. Never faltering, filled with winning self-control, he shines forth at assembly grounds and people gaze at him like a god when he walks through the streets. Another man may look like a deathless one on high but there's not a bit of grace to crown his words. Just like you, my fine, handsome friend.

Winning, Men, Self

Homer (1997). “The Odyssey”, p.284, Penguin

See now, how men lay blame upon us gods for what is after all nothing but their own folly.

Atheist, Men, Blame

Homer (2006). “The Odyssey - Literary Touchstone Edition”, p.12, Prestwick House Inc

I'm a Spalding Gray in a Rick Dees world.

World, Gray, Great Simpsons

Wine lead to folly, making even the wise to laugh immoderately, to dance, and to utter what had better have been kept silent.

Wise, Wine, Laughing

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