Quotes by Homer

"Too much rest becomes a pain."

"The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it."

"But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions."

"Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid."

"The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind."

"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."

"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."

"In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!"

"As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity. The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning. So one generation of men will grow while another dies."

"The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for."

"There she encountered Sleep, the brother of Death."

"To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it."

"Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe."

"Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager."

"And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared."