Homer Quotes

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

The journey is its own reward.

It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.

Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say that we devise their misery. But they themselves- in their depravity- design grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.

I've gone back in time to when dinosaurs weren't just confined to zoos.

Not much comes easy in this world, Sonny. If it does, it's best to be suspicious of it. It's probably not worth much.

Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.

Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak.

The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot.

You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.

I'll teach you to laugh at something that's funny!

When you paint, try to put down exactly what you see. Whatever else you have to offer will come out anyway.

By mutual confidence and mutual aid - great deeds are done, and great discoveries made

Few sons are like their fathers - many are worse, few better.

Go on with a spirit that fears nothing.

Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.

And Heaven, that every virtue bears in mind, E'en to the ashes of the just is kind.

I've always wondered if there was a God. And now I know there is -- and it's me.

There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.

A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows; One should our interests and our passions be, My friend must hate the man that injures me.

Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.

Far from me be the gift of Bacchus--pernicious, inflaming wine, that weakens both body and mind.

Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.

I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy like motherhood.

Whenever a man is tired, wine is a great restorer of strength.

Each man delights in the work that suits him best.

The roaring seas and many a dark range of mountains lie between us.

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!

All is lovely outside my house and inside my house and myself.

down from his brow she ran his curls like thick hyacinth clusters full of blooms

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

I prefer every time a picture composed and painted outdoors. The thing is done without your knowing it.

Achilles absent was Achilles still!

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

We're goin bowling. If we don't come back, avenge our deaths.

It is not right to exult over slain men.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

The windy satisfaction of the tongue.

I didn’t care…about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real stuff than those who opposed them.

Light is the task where many share the toil.

What's the use? The people are too stupid. They do not understand.

The most interesting part of my life is of no concern to the public.

The stars never lie, but the astrologers lie about the stars.

Never put more than two waves in a picture; it's fussy.

Pine needle sorbet? Pine needle sorbet?! My kids do NOT eat sorbet. They eat sherbet, and they pronounce it sherbert, and they wish it was ice cream!

The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.

Restrain yourself... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain.

It behooves a father to be blameless if he expects his child to be.

A gun is not a weapon! It's a tool, like a butcher's knife, or a harpoon, or an alligator.

Thou wilt lament Hereafter, when the evil shall be done And shall admit no cure.