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
wise lying men
...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise.
men winning hands
There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.
strong heart sight
Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.
sympathy grateful tears
Accept these grateful tears...For thee they flow, for thee... That ever felt another's woe.
life kind deceiving
For love deceives the best of woman kind.
life hate too-much
Who love too much, hate in the like extreme.
life pain fate
For Fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man!
life pride gold
Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold; Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace and pride of sway, Can bribe the poor possession of the day.
charity philanthropy poor
It never was our guise to slight the poor, or aught humane despise.
giving charity philanthropy
By Jove the stranger and the poor are sent, and what to those we give, to Jove is lent.
death men teeth
A man's life breath cannot come back again-- no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a man's clenched teeth.
death iliad inches
Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.
death feels
Better to flee from death than feel its grip.
inspirational wise doubt
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!