Quotes by Homer

A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities. (Homer)

A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases. (Homer)

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this. (Homer)

Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy. (Homer)

Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing. (Homer)

Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift. (Homer)

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. (Homer)

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before. (Homer)

He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray. (Homer)

I should rather labor as anothers serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead. (Homer)