Homer Quotes

Homer Quotes

Homer Quotes

Consider the following quotes by Homer:

"You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide sounding Zeus puts a good mind."

"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."

"You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age."

"The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council."

"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep."

"Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment."

"Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen."

"We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth."

"Wide sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him."

"There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds "