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Homer Quotes

Homer (Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος) is best known as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey. He was believed by the ancient Greeks to have been the first and greatest of the epic poets.

Also known as: Homer's Odyssey, Homeric

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Impatient straight to flesh his virgin sword.

And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies.

Words sweet as honey from his lips distill'd.

And o'er the past oblivion stretch her wing.

He, from whose lips divine persuasion flows.

Nor can one word be chang'd but for a worse.

Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.

Where'er he moves, the goddess shone before.

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.

These riches are possess'd, but not enjoy'd!

She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen.

The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

The best things beyond their measure cloy.

If yet not lost to all the sense of shame.

Soft as some song divine, thy story flows.

The first in glory, as the first in place.

And what so tedious as a twice-told tale.

Base wealth preferring to eternal praise.

For too much rest itself becomes a pain.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Homer (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.