Homer Quotes about Giving

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Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

Homer

Giving, Ears

Homer (1871). “The Iliad of Homer”, p.11

Wine gives strength to weary men.

Homer

Wine, Men, Giving

Why have you come to me here, dear heart, with all these instructions? I promise you I will do everything just as you ask. But come closer. Let us give in to grief, however briefly, in each other's arms.

Homer

Grief, Heart, Giving

Homer, Stanley Lombardo (1819). “Iliad”, p.443, Hackett Publishing

By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.

Homer

Giving, Charity, Philanthropy

Homer (2015). “The Odyssey”, p.249, Homer

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.

Homer

Giving, Grows, Fades