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
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!
mother children father
If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time they see their wondrous child go to the dancing! But one man’s destiny is more than blest—he who prevails, and takes you as his bride. Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman. I am hushed indeed.
sight mind of-sight-out-of-mind
out of sight,out of mind
fame vulgar
The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame.
heart men great-men
The hearts of great men can be changed.
men race earth
Not at all similar are the race of the immortal gods and the race of men who walk upon the earth.
kings honor proud
Proud is the spirit of Zeus-fostered kings - their honor comes from Zeus, and Zeus, god of council, loves them.