Homer
Homer
Homeris best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets. Author of the first known literature of Europe, he is central to the Western canon...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
evil joy suffering
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.
mind banquets discourse
Discourse, the sweeter banquet of the mind.
heaven sound earth
Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame.
wise men wicked
For never, never, wicked man was wise.
teeth fence broke
What is this word that broke through the fence of your teeth, Atreides?
depression teaching names
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.
want my-thoughts wants-to-be-alone
I want to be alone with my thought.
looks asking like-me
Look, I'm not asking you to like me, I'm not asking you to put yourself in a position where I can touch your goodies, I'm just asking you to be fair.
rumor goes-on prison
I only hope those rumors I hear about what goes on in prison are greatly exaggerated.
looks remember great-simpsons
Oh, everything looks bad if you remember it.
florida grandpa biting
Remember that postcard Grandpa sent us from Florida of that Alligator biting that woman's bottom? That's right, we all thought it was hilarious. But, it turns out we were wrong. That alligator was sexually harassing that woman.
real work-out christianity
You know, the one with all the well meaning rules that don't work out in real life, uh, Christianity.
winning vegetarianism salad
You don't win friends with salad.
here-i-am sucker great-simpsons
And here I am using my own lungs like a sucker.