Random Quotes
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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, The Iliad
The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.Homer, The Iliad
Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.Homer, The Iliad
Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.Benjamin Disraeli
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.Homer, The Iliad
Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish.Homer, The Iliad
It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair. But when dogs shame the gray head and gray chin and nakedness of an old man killed, it is the most piteous thing that happens among wretched mortals.Homer, The Iliad
The fates have given mankind a patient soul.Homer, The Iliad
Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.Homer, The Iliad
By their own follies they perished, the fools.Homer, The Odyssey