Homer Quotes
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But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
Homer
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Author Details:
Type:
Poet Quotes
Category:
Greek Poet Quotes
Nationality:
Greek
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Related Authors:
Euripides
Aeschylus
Aristophanes
Sophocles
Agathon
Pindar
Hesiod
Menander
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Select Homer Quotations:
It is not good to have a rule of many.
Homer
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
Homer
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Homer
Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
Homer
Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.
Homer
Light is the task where many share the toil.
Homer
Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.
Homer
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Quote Keywords:
Aloof,
Best,
Contentions,
Curb,
Gentle,
High,
Keep,
Sharp,
Spirit,
Thou,
Thy,
Ways
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Gentle,
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All Homer Quotations:
A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
A sympathetic friend can be quite...
And what he greatly thought, he...
Be still my heart; thou hast...
But curb thou the high spirit...
Even were sleep is concerned, too...
For rarely are sons similar to...
Hateful to me as are the...
Hateful to me as the gates...
How vain, without the merit, is...
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.
In youth and beauty, wisdom is...
It is not good to have...
Light is the task where many...
Nothing shall I, while sane, compare...
The charity that is a trifle...
The difficulty is not so great...
There is a time for many...
There is nothing nobler or more...
To have a great man for...
True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.
Two friends, two bodies with one...
Two urns on Jove's high throne...
Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
Without a sign, his sword the...
Words empty as the wind are...
Yet, taught by time, my heart...
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