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Homer Quotes - Page 4

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Unextinguished laughter shakes the skies.

Unextinguished laughter shakes the skies.

Laughter, Sky, Absurd

Homer (2015). “The Iliad”, p.47, Homer

I say no wealth is worth my life.

Wealth

It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.

Song, Novelty, Audience

Homer (1991). “The Odyssey”, Penguin Classics

Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.

Dad, Father, Son

Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero.

Song, Hero, Stories

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

Inspirational, Teaching, Teens

Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

Everyone knows rock n' roll attained perfection in 1974. It's a scientific fact.

Rocks, Perfection, Rock N Roll

Nothing in the world is so incontinent as a man's accursed appetite.

Men, Greed, World

Homer (1983). “The Odyssey”, Outlet

Come, weave us a scheme so I can pay them back! Stand beside me, Athena, fire me with daring, fierce as the day we ripped Troy's glittering crown of towers down. Stand by me - furious now as then, my bright-eyed one - and I would fight three hundred men, great goddess, with you to brace me, comrade-in-arms in battle!

Fighting, Men, Fire

Homer (1997). “The Odyssey”, p.452, Penguin

The Simpsons are going to Delaware!

Delaware

If you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things.

Stupid, Mad, Stupid Things

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

Would Be, Iliad

The hearts of the great can be changed.

Heart, Changed, Flexibility

Homer (2011). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.336, University of Chicago Press

The journey is the thing.

Inspirational, Teenager, Journey

It is wrong to be sorry without ceasing.

Sorry, Sorrow

Whenever a man is tired, wine is a great restorer of strength.

Tired, Wine, Men

Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

Men, Mind, Age

Who love too much, hate in the like extreme.

Life, Hate, Too Much

Homer (1811). “The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Alexander Pope”, p.293

Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman receive the applause.

Shining, Chance, Action

The lot of man-to suffer and die.

Men, Suffering, Coping

Homer (2010). “Odyssey”, p.100, The Floating Press

I'll teach you to laugh at something that's funny!

Laughing, Teach

And 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 and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.

Husband, Grief, Home

Homer, Stanley Lombardo (2000). “Odyssey”, p.41, Hackett Publishing

The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.

Lying, Dark, Sea

Homer (1950). “The Iliad”, Turtleback

And empty words are evil.

Evil, Empty, Empty Words

Homer (1998). “The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation”, p.190, Macmillan

'Yea and I beheld Sisyphus in strong torment, grasping a monstrous stone with both his hands. He was pressing thereat with hands and feet, and trying to roll the stone upward toward the brow of the hill. But oft as he was about to hurl it over the top, the weight would drive him back, so once again to the plain rolled the stone, the shameless thing. And he once more kept heaving and straining, and the sweat the while was pouring down his limbs, and the dust rose upwards from his head.

Sad, Strong, Dust

Homer “The Odyssey of Homer: Several Versions”, Library of Alexandria

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