Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.Odysseus
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.Hector
Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story of that man skilled in all ways of contending...Homer
There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.Homer
Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.Homer
There's a time for many words, and there's also a time for sleep.Homer
Ah how shameless - the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.Zeus
There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover's whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.Homer
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.Homer
A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a timeHomer
One must wait until the evening to see how splendid the day has been.Homer
The fate of the deathless gods themselves is in his hands.Homer
How prone to doubt, how cautious are those who are called men of worth.Homer
There's danger in the night, for all its beauty. Stay where you are. Safety in numbers.Circe
Tell me, O muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide...Homer
Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer.Homer
The belly's a shameless dog, there's nothing worse. Always insisting, pressing, it never lets us forget.Homer
A modest silence is always beneficial.Homer
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.Homer
Whatever we do or suffer for a friend is pleasant because love is the principal cause of pleasure.Homer
Foolhardy of you, ... thinking you would get by me without my knowing about it. I am the universe. Look each way - I am there. Whether you whisper to your wife or let lose with a full-throated curse, by god, I hear you. I am the universe, I see you all the time.Homer