Homer Quotes

850 BC, Greek Epic Poet
quotes
20
topics
12
Topic
“For too much rest becomes a pain.”
Rest
“Achilles absent was Achilles still!”
Absence
“How vain, without the merit, is the name.”
Fame
“A decent boldness ever meets with friends.”
Confidence
“Not vain the weakest, if their force unite.”
Unity
“And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.”
Courage
“Light is the task where many share the toil.”
Teams and Teamwork
“The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.”
Persuasion
“Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.”
Adversity
“A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly.”
Guests
“The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.”
Service
“Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.”
Speakers and Speaking
“I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another.”
Lies and Lying
“Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.”
Patriotism
“Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.”
Empathy
“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”
Deception
“But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.”
Argument
“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.”
Marriage