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Homer [-800--700] Greek

Rank: 11
Poet (with poems), Author

Epic, National

Homer is the name ascribed by the Ancient Greeks to the semi-legendary author of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, the central works of Greek literature.

Good, Beauty, Best, Communication, Government, Great, Marriage, Patience, Relationship, Sympathy, Time, Wisdom

Quote	Tags	Rank
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.	Marriage	101
Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.	Good, Relationship, Time	102
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.		103
Two urns on Jove's high throne have ever stood, the source of evil one, and one of good; from thence the cup of mortal man he fills, blessings to these, to those distributes ills; to most he mingles both.	Good	104
A decent boldness ever meets with friends.		105
And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.	Great	106
Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.		107
A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.	Sympathy	108
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.		109
Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.		110
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.	Best, Communication	111
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!	Beauty, Wisdom	112
Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.	Patience	113
The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.		114
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.		115
Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.		116
Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.		117
True friends appear less moved than counterfeit.		118
Light is the task where many share the toil.		119
How vain, without the merit, is the name.		120
But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.		121
Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.		122
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.		123
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.		124
To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.		125
Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.		126
It is not good to have a rule of many.	Government	201

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