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God 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 BCAnger2 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 BCFate2 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 BCHuman nature2 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 BCMarriage2 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 BCPatience2 quotes
The fates have given mankind a patient soul. — Homer · 700 BCHave patience, heart. Once you endured worse than this. — Homer · 700 BCTrustworthiness 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 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 BCBravery1 quote
If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift. — Homer · 700 BCCaring for others1 quote
Bad herdsmen ruin their flocks. — Homer · 700 BCChildishness1 quote
You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age. — Homer · 700 BCCircle of life1 quote
A generation of men is like a generation of leaves: the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth-and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases. — Homer · 700 BCCowardice1 quote
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. — Homer · 700 BCDeath1 quote
I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead. — Homer · 700 BCDishonesty1 quote
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another. — Homer · 700 BCDreams1 quote
A dream, too, is from Zeus. — Homer · 700 BCDying for one's country1 quote
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. — Homer · 700 BCEffects of alcohol1 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 BCElysian Fields1 quote
The immortals will send you to the Elysian plain at the ends of the earth, where fair-haired Rhadamanthys is. There life is supremely easy for men. No snow is there, nor ever heavy winter storm, nor rain, and Ocean is ever sending gusts of the clear-blowing west wind to bring coolness to men. — Homer · 700 BCEphemeral nature of life1 quote
Men flourish only for a moment. — Homer · 700 BCFathers and sons1 quote
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. — Homer · 700 BCFighting for one's country1 quote
This is the one best omen, to fight in defense of one's country. — Homer · 700 BCGod1 quote
All men have need of the Gods. — Homer · 700 BCGod's will1 quote
The Olympian is a difficult foe to oppose. — Homer · 700 BCGuests and visitors1 quote
It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go. — Homer · 700 BCHades1 quote
Hades is relentless and unyielding. — Homer · 700 BCHell1 quote
Hades is relentless and unyielding. — Homer · 700 BCHospitality1 quote
It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go. — Homer · 700 BC