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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Long is the way
And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light. — John Milton · 1667There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, as sand eddies in a whirlpool. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Hades is relentless and unyielding. — Homer · 700 BCLet us not speak of them, but look, and pass on. — Dante Alighieri · 1321God and man4 quotes
All men have need of the Gods. — Homer · 700 BCZeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. — Homer · 700 BCThe Olympian is a difficult foe to oppose. — Homer · 700 BCNot at all similar are the race of the immortal gods and the race of men who walk upon the earth. — Homer · 700 BCEve3 quotes
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate:
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost. — John Milton · 1667The infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceiv'd
The mother of mankind. — John Milton · 1667Human nature3 quotes
All men have need of the Gods. — Homer · 700 BCWe are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth. — Homer · 700 BCTo what do you not drive human hearts, cursed craving for gold! — Virgil · 19 BCOriginal sin3 quotes
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate:
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost. — John Milton · 1667Of Man's First Disobedience, and the fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing, Heav'nly Muse. — John Milton · 1667The infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceiv'd
The mother of mankind. — John Milton · 1667Anger2 quotes
We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth. — Homer · 700 BCSweeter it is by far than the honeycomb dripping with sweetness, and spreads through the hearts of men. — Homer · 700 BCBravery2 quotes
Fortune favors the brave. — Virgil · 19 BCIf you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift. — Homer · 700 BCCourage2 quotes
Fortune favors the brave. — Virgil · 19 BCHere one must leave behind all hesitation;
here every cowardice must meet its death. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Fallen world2 quotes
Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she ate:
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe
That all was lost. — John Milton · 1667Of Man's First Disobedience, and the fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing, Heav'nly Muse. — John Milton · 1667Fate2 quotes
Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment. — Homer · 700 BCAnd fate? No one alive has ever escaped it, neither brave man nor coward, I tell you-it’s born with us the day that we are born. — Homer · 700 BCGender relations2 quotes
There is no more trusting in women. — Homer · 700 BCTherefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden. — Homer · 700 BCGod's will2 quotes
The Olympian is a difficult foe to oppose. — Homer · 700 BCIn His will is our peace. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Love2 quotes
Flesh of flesh,
Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state
Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe. — John Milton · 1667What thou art is mine;
Our state cannot be severed, we are one,
One flesh; to lose thee were to lose my self. — John Milton · 1667Marriage2 quotes
Therefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden. — Homer · 700 BCMay the gods grant you all things which your heart desires, and may they give you a husband and a home and gracious concord, for there is nothing greater and better than this-when a husband and wife keep a household in oneness of mind, a great woe to their enemies and joy to their friends and win high renown. — Homer · 700 BCMen and women2 quotes
Flesh of flesh,
Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state
Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe. — John Milton · 1667What thou art is mine;
Our state cannot be severed, we are one,
One flesh; to lose thee were to lose my self. — John Milton · 1667Nature of women2 quotes
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667A fickle and changeable thing always is woman. — Virgil · 19 BCPatience2 quotes
The fates have given mankind a patient soul. — Homer · 700 BCHave patience, heart. Once you endured worse than this. — Homer · 700 BCThe night sky2 quotes
Thence we came forth to see the stars again. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Now glowed the firmament
With living sapphires: Hesperus that led
The starry Host, rode brightest, till the Moon
Rising in clouded Majesty, at length
Apparent Queen unveiled her peerless light,
And o'er the dark her Silver Mantle threw. — John Milton · 1667Trustworthiness of women2 quotes
There is no more trusting in women. — Homer · 700 BCTherefore don't you be gentle to your wife either. Don't tell her everything you know, but tell her one thing and keep another thing hidden. — Homer · 700 BCVirtue2 quotes
Consider your origin;
you were not born to live like brutes,
but to follow virtue and knowledge. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Most men admire
Virtue who follow not her lore. — John Milton · 1671Women2 quotes
O fairest of Creation, last and best
Of all God's works. — John Milton · 1667A fickle and changeable thing always is woman. — Virgil · 19 BCWomen's attractiveness2 quotes
Her walk revealed her as a true goddess. — Virgil · 19 BCIt is no cause for anger that the Trojans and the well-greaved Achaeans have suffered for so long over such a woman: she is wondrously like the immortal goddesses to look upon. — Homer · 700 BCAimlessness1 quote
There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life. — Homer · 700 BCAlcohol1 quote
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken. — Homer · 700 BCAnti-war1 quote
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. — Carl Sandburg · 1936Athens1 quote
Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts
And Eloquence. — John Milton · 1671Beginning of a journey1 quote
My course is set for an uncharted sea. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Being in love1 quote
With thee conversing I forget all time. — John Milton · 1667Caring for others1 quote
Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks. — Homer · 700 BCChaos1 quote
All hell broke loose. — John Milton · 1667