Homer Quotes

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.
Homer

Marriage, Wife, Nothing

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

Relationship, Time, Good

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
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Heart, Hell, Another

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
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Heart, Known, Worse

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

Great, Friend, Find

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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
Homer

Great, Thought, Greatly

Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
Homer

Heart, Another, Hateful

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
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Time, Sleep, Words

True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.
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True, Friends, Less

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
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Best, Words, Wind

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
Homer

Friends, Decent, Boldness

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

Others, Precious, Charity

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
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Beauty, Wisdom, Youth

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
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Few, Worse, Rarely

Light is the task where many share the toil.
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Light, Share, Task

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
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Wise, Patient, Resolve

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
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Country, Brave, Cause

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
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Friend, Brother, Quite

It is not good to have a rule of many.
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Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.
Homer

Nothing, Friend, While

Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.
Homer

Two, Friends, Soul

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

Best, Keep, High

Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.
Homer

Sleep, Bad, Concerned

Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
Homer

Hunger, Fed, Insolent

How vain, without the merit, is the name.
Homer

Name, Vain, Merit

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Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

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