Quotes by Homer

There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love.

There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.

Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

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.

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.

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

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.