Quote #4139
The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.
Category Archives: Homer, The Iliad
Quote #4157
It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled...
Quote #4140
He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle...
Quote #4158
The fates have given mankind a patient soul.
Quote #4141
A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some...
Quote #4159
Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in...
Quote #4142
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one...
Quote #4143
Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers...
Quote #4145
It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did...
Quote #4146
There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.