Homer Quotes

For that man is detested by me as the gates of hell whose outward words conceal his inmost thoughts.

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell Is he who hiding one thing in his heart Utters another.

A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.

Heaven has appointed us dwellers on earth a time for all things.

The tongue of man is a twisty thing.

For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one.

You, you insolent brazen bitch—you really dare to shake that monstrous spear in Father’s face?

—so as the great Achilles rampaged on, his sharp-hoofed stallions trampled shields and corpses, axle under his chariot splashed with blood, blood on the handrails sweeping round the car, sprays of blood shooting up from the stallions' hoofs and churning, whirling rims—and the son of Peleus charioteering on to seize his glory, bloody filth splattering both strong arms, Achilles' invincible arms—