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
kids ice wish
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!
dog parent wish
Do not beg me by knees or by parents you dog! I only wish I were savagely wrathful enough to hack up your corpse and eat it raw
wish dollars eternal-happiness
Greetings, friends. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So use it and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay. Eternal happiness is just a dollar away.
wish doe guests
It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.
wish guests speed
It is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes.
admirable house keeping man marriage people
There is nothing more admirable than two people who see eye-to-eye keeping house as man and wife, confounding their enemies, and delighting thier friends.
friend honor honors
My friend should honor him who honors me.
affluent awful family few figure matter resume students time year
Most students, by the time they've been here for a year or two, figure out that you get an awful lot from a job, and no matter how affluent your family is, you still need a few things to put on your resume before you graduate,
entire half second talent using
We'll see the second half what we can do, ... We have the talent; it's using it the entire match.
ask business care personal require time
We ask that (employees) take care of your personal business as needed. Should you require more time for your family,
gates greek-poet hateful heart hides man speaks
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
gay
I'm not gay, but I'll learn...
giving-up firsts succeed
If at first you don't succeed, give up.
looks want weirdo
I don't want to look like a weirdo. I'll just go with the muumuu.