Famous Homer Homer Quotations

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"The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name."
by Aldous Huxley
"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep. Homer (~700 BC), The Odyssey"
by Homer
"Trying is the first step towards failure."
by Homer Simpson
"Wisdom never lies"
by Homer Homer
"Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another."
by Homer
"It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."
by Aristotle
"A companion's words of persuasion are effective."
by Homer
"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."
by Homer
"A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities."
by Homer
"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."
by Homer
"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."
by Homer
"A humorist is a fellow who realizes, first, that he is no better than anybody else, and, second, that nobody else is either."
by Homer McLin
"A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king."
by Homer
"A small rock holds back a great wave."
by Homer
"A young man is embarrassed to question an older one."
by Homer
"All life's answers are on TV."
by Homer Simpson
"All men have need of the gods."
by Homer
"All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious."
by Homer
"Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards."
by Homer
"And what if we picked the wrong religion? Every week, we're just making God madder and madder!"
by Homer Simpson
"At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slainThen, Prince You should have fear'd, what now you feelAchilles absent was Achilles stillYet a short space the great avenger stayed,Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid."
by Homer
"Boy, everyone is stupid except me."
by Homer Simpson
"By their own follies they perished, the fools."
by Homer
"Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy."
by Homer
"Don't worry, Homer. Nine out of ten religions fail in their first year."
by Homer Simpson
"Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them."
by Homer
"Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them."
by Homer
"Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike."
by Homer
"Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike."
by Homer
"Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured."
by Homer
"Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift."
by Homer
"Evil deeds do not prosper the slow man catches up with the swift."
by Homer
"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."
by Homer
"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."
by Homer
"He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray."
by Homer
"He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before."
by Homer
"Here lies... Walt Whitman. Aaargh! Damn you Walt Whitman! I... hate... you... Walt... freakin... Whitman, leaves of grass my ass!"
by Homer Simpson
"Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."
by Aristotle
"How God ever brings like to like."
by Homer
"I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another."
by Homer
"I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode! I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down.' by"
by Homer Simpson
"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."
by Homer
"I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown."
by Homer
"I used to rock and roll all night and party every day. Then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find half an hour a week in which to get funky."
by Homer Simpson
"I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me, Superman! by"
by Homer Simpson
"I'm like that guy who single-handedly built the rocket & flew to the moon! What was his name? Apollo Creed? by"
by Homer Simpson
"I've got more trophies than Wayne Gretzky & The Pope combined! by"
by Homer Simpson
"If he's so smart, how come he's dead? by"
by Homer Simpson
"If God didn't want us to eat animals, why did he make them out of meat? by"
by Homer Simpson
"If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift."
by Homer
"If you don't like your job, you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way."
by Homer Simpson
"In saffron-colored mantle, from the tides of ocean rose the morning to bring light to gods and men."
by Homer
"In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"
by Homer Simpson
"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."
by Homer
"It is equally offensive to speed a guest who would like to stay and to detain one who is anxious to leave."
by Homer
"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."
by Homer
"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country."
by Homer
"It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive."
by Homer
"It is tedious to tell again tales already plainly told."
by Homer
"It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long."
by Homer
"It takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen."
by Homer Simpson
"Kids, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening"
by Homer Simpson
"Last night's homer was Willie Stargell's 399th career home run, leaving him one shy of 500."
by Jerry Coleman
"Let us celebrate our agreement with the adding of chocolate to milk"
by Homer Simpson
"Lisa: Why are you dedicating your life to blasphemy? Homer: Don't worry, sweetheart. If I'm wrong, I'll recant on my deathbed."
by Homer Simpson
"Look, all I'm saying is, if these big stars didn't want people going through their garbage and saying they're gay, then they shouldn't have tried to express themselves creatively"
by Homer Simpson
"Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies."
by Homer
"May 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."
by Homer
"Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war."
by Homer
"Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish."
by Homer
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers."
by Homer Simpson
"Nobody wants to see a two-run homer, ... But I do like the way he handled himself. That's a lot to ask of this kid, but we're trying to have more weapons. And he's got a lot of them. He just didn't get the ball in far enough."
by Terry Francona
"Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them."
by Homer
"Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them."
by Homer
"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."
by Homer
"Old people don't need companionship. They need to be isolated and studied so it can be determined what nutrients they have that might be extracted for our personal use"
by Homer Simpson
"Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it."
by Homer
"Shut up brain or I'll stab you with a qtip."
by Homer Simpson
"So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence."
by Homer
"Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny; Plato, a privilege of nature; Theophrastus, a silent cheat; Theocritus, a delightful prejudice; Carneades, a solitary kingdom; Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the world; Homer, that it was a glorious gift of nature; and Ovid, that it was favor bestowed by the gods."
by Francis Quarles
"The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day."
by Aristotle
"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."
by Homer
"The fates have given mankind a patient soul."
by Homer
"The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men."
by Homer
"The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside."
by Homer
"The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly."
by Homer
"The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council."
by Homer
"The outcome of the war is in our hands the outcome of words is in the council."
by Homer
"The single best augury is to fight for one's country."
by Homer
"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."
by Homer
"There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep."
by Homer
"There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men."
by Homer
"There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love."
by Homer
"There is an astonishing imagination, even in the science of mathematics... We repeat, there was far more imagination in the head of Archimedes than in that of Homer."
by Voltaire
"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."
by Homer
"There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder."
by Homer
"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."
by Homer
"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."
by Homer
"To alchohol, the cause of and solution to all life's problems"
by Homer Simpson
"We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth."
by Homer


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